Billy Donovan, Katie Meier Share 2013 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year Award
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(University of Miami) were selected co-recipients of the 2013 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award after each led the USA to a gold medal and perfect, 9-0 record at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championships. “This was such a special event,
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and I'm very thankful to USA Basketball for the opportunity to coach this team and appreciative of this honor,” Donovan said. “I thought the people in the Czech Republic did a great job hosting the World Championship. Prague was a great city. “Going through that whole process
and the finality of being able to win it ... I didn't realize it, but Sean Ford from USA Basketball told me that was only the third time in 30 years that the USA has won the gold in that event. I thought USA Basketball did a really great job of fielding a good team and providing a lot of options to put together a great team.” “First of all, I don't think anyone
who coaches for USA Basketball should ever receive an individual award,” Meier said. “USA Basketball is such a great organization and Carol Callan and her staff are so knowledge- able and supportive that I personally just felt blessed to be a part of it all. I'm truly honored and do consider this as the highest of awards. Thanks to USA Basketball for letting me share in their gold medal streak.” “Billy and Katie provided tremen-
dous leadership for our U19 teams, and the results they achieved in a competi- tion that is so challenging were impres- sive,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball CEO/Executive Director. “Not only did the U.S. teams win, but they played with passion and demonstrated great sportsmanship, and that is a credit to these two respected coaches.”
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University of Florida mentor Billy Donovan directed a USA team to gold for a second straight season. In lead- ing the USA U19 World Championship Team to gold he was named a co-recipient of the 2013 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award.
USA Basketball National Coach Of The Year Award Recipients
ic Year Coach
2013 Billy Donovan, University of Florida Katie Meier, University of Miami
2012 Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
2011 Jennifer Rizzotti, University of Hartford 2010 Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
2009 Jamie Dixon, University of Pittsburgh 2008 Anne Donovan, USA Basketball Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
2007 Anne Donovan, USA Basketball Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
2006 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University 2005 Gail Goestenkors, Duke University 2004
2003 Larry Brown, Detroit Pistons 2002
Van Chancellor, Houston Comets Van Chancellor, Houston Comets
2001 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University 2000 Nell Fortner, USA Basketball 1999 Larry Brown, Philadelphia 76ers 1998 Clem Haskins, University of Minnesota 1997 Mo McHone, Sioux Falls Skyforce 1996 Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University
ollegiate head coaches Billy Donovan (University of Florida) and Katie Meier
The National Coach of the Year
award was established in 1996 to recognize a USA Basketball head coach who, during the year of the award, made significant impact on the success of individual athlete and team performance at the highest level of competition.
Billy Donovan Under Donovan’s leadership, the
USA won just its third title in the past eight FIBA U19 World Championships, beating its opponents by an average margin of 39.6 points per game. “Billy Donovan and Sean Miller
have a lot of similar qualities,” said University of Arizona freshman Aaron Gordon (San Jose, Calif.), who was named MVP of the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship. “Being able to play for Coach Donovan and seeing his level of intensity gave me better insight into what Division I basketball would be like.” The USA’s slimmest margin of
victory during the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, which was played June 27-July 7, was a nine-point (71-62) win against Serbia on July 3. In a rematch with Serbia in the gold medal game, the USA dominated the second half to earn an 82-68 win. The USA relied on full-court
defensive pressure that forced oppo- nents into 22.0 turnovers per game, and U.S. forward Jahlil Okafor (Whitney Young H.S./Chicago, Ill.) joined Gordon on the five-member all-tourna- ment team. Among the 16-team field, the USA
led the tournament in 12 different categories, including scoring (95.9 ppg.), scoring defense (56.3 ppg.), scoring margin (+39.6), field goal percentage (.518), field goal percentage defense (.353), rebounds averaged (48.8, rebounding margin (+19.6), The U.S. team also produced
tournament single-game highs for points (115) and field goals made (46) versus Russia; field goal percentage (.595) against Lithuania; and steals (23)
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