USA BASKETBALL NEWS Jerry Colangelo Re-Elected USA Basketball Board Of Directors Chairman
2006-08 and 2009-12 men’s national teams, was re-elected chairman of USA Basketball’s Board of Directors for the 2013-16 term. The announcement was made on Nov. 13 following completion of USA Basketball’s annual Board of Directors meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. Also announced as members of the
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11-member 2013-16 USA Basketball Board of Directors were: NBA appointees Kim Bohuny, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations- International; and Mark Tatum, NBA Executive Vice President of Global Marketing Partnerships; NCAA appointees Dan Gavitt, NCAA Vice President of Men’s Basketball Championships; Mark Lewis, NCAA Executive Vice President of Championships and Alliances; and Chris Plonsky, University of Texas Women's Athletics Director and Senior Associate Athletic Director of Men's/Women's Athletics External Services; Scholastic Director Bob Gardner, National Federation of State High School Associations Executive Director; At- large/Independent Director Billy Hunter, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association; National Organizations Representative Jim Carr, NAIA President and Chief Executive Officer; and athlete representatives Chauncey Billups, co-captain of USA Basketball’s 2010 World Championship gold medal- ist team, and Katie Smith, three-time Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004 and 2008) and three-time FIBA World Championship medalist (1998 gold, 2002 gold, 2006 bronze). “I’m excited to again serve USA
Basketball as chairman for the next four years,” said Colangelo. “I’m proud of the many successes USA Basketball’s coaches and players achieved over the past four years and I’m looking forward to helping keep that momentum going. We were not only successful in competi-
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asketball chairman and man- aging director of USA Basketball’s highly successful
NBA); three Collegiate Directors (appointed by the NCAA); two Athlete Representatives (elected by active ath- letes); one Scholastic Director (appointed by the National Federation of High School Associations); one At-Large/ Independent Director (nominated by the Nominating & Governance Committee and elected by the Board of Directors); and one Organizational Member Director (elected by other members of USA Basketball that meet the Amateur Sports Act’s definition of National Competition Organizations). USA Basketball’s Nominating &
tions, but in the manner in which every- one associated with USA Basketball rep- resented our country on and away from the court. We focused on showing the utmost respect for the competitions and for our international opponents.
2013-16 USA Basketball Board of Directors
Jerry Colangelo, Chair, NBA Representative Chauncey Billups, Athlete Representative Kim Bohuny, NBA Representative
Jim Carr, National Organizations Representative Bob Gardner, Scholastic Representative Dan Gavitt, NCAA Representative
Billy Hunter, At-Large Representative Mark Lewis, NCAA Representative Chris Plonsky, NCAA Representative Katie Smith, Athlete Representative Mark Tatum, NBA Representative
“Four years ago I remarked that
there is a great legacy at USA Basketball and my goal was to continue growing the legacy and to continue growing the game on every level and that will remain the case the next four years.” The USA Basketball Board of
Directors is comprised of three Professional Directors (appointed by the
Governance Committee currently consists of former USA Basketball president and former NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik; Stanford University Director of Athletics and 2009-13 USA Basketball Board of Directors member Bernard Muir; and 2009-13 USA Basketball Board of Directors athlete representative and 2000 U.S. Olympic gold medalist Steve Smith.
Jerry Colangelo Named on Nov. 12, 2008, chair-
man of USA Basketball’s Board of Directors for the 2009-12 quadrennium, Colangelo’s first involvement with USA Basketball began on April 27, 2005, when he was announced as the managing director of the then newly organized USA Basketball Men’s National Team program. Taking control of the USA
National Team program that had not won a major international competition since 2000, Colangelo confidently rebuilt the program from the bottom up. Obtaining the involvement of the NBA’s top players and securing the involvement of some of basketball’s
most respected coaches, Colangelo’s first step in his rebuilding process was naming Duke University’s Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski as the USA National Team head coach. Since Colangelo took charge of the
national team, the USA men have compiled a remarkable 62-1 win-loss record and have claimed gold medal