2013 USA MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM “We’ve seen the value
of continuity and Coach K’s return gives our national team program another four years of continuity. Together we have been able to build on the program’s
successes of each year and again establish the United States as the world’s number one basketball country.”
USA Managing Director Jerry Colangelo
50-game winning streak that dates back to 2006, and winners of back-to-back Olympic gold medals sandwiched around the 2010 FIBA World Championship gold, USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo announced on May 23 that Duke University’s Hall of Fame basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was returning as head coach of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team for the 2013-16 quadrennium. Colangelo’s announcement means
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that Krzyzewski will be back on the bench as head coach of the USA Basketball Men's National Team pro- gram for 2013-16. Over the course of the quad, USA Men’s National Teams will compete in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup (formerly the FIBA World Championship) Aug. 30-Sept. 14 in Spain; the 2015 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament if necessary; and if the USA qualifies, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 5-21) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “About four years ago I was asked about Coach K’s return and what I said
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ith the USA Basketball Men’s National Team currently enjoying a
Hall Of Fame Coach Mike Krzyzewski Returns For Third Run With
USA Basketball Men’s National Team “We’ve seen the value
of continuity and Coach K’s return gives our national team program another four years of continuity. Together we have been able to build on
the program’s successes of each year and again establish the United States as the world’s number one basket- ball country. Repeating our performances from the previous four years, which included winning gold at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 London Olympics, will be quite a challenge, but it is one we look forward to undertaking.” “It is tough to give up
On May 23 USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo announced that Hall of Fame basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was returning as head coach of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team for 2013-16.
then is still true now - when you have a good thing going you don’t mess with it,” said Colangelo, who has served as the Managing Director of USA Basketball Men’s National Team program since 2005 and seen those teams compile a 62- 1 record. “I’m delighted to announce that Coach K has agreed to return as head coach of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team for 2013-16, and I really can’t be more pleased and excited. He was and still is the right man to coach the USA National Team.
something you’ve absolutely loved doing for seven years, the people you’re doing it with, and most importantly, the country you’re doing it for,” said Krzyzewski. “As a result of my ongoing desire to coach, I’ve decided I'd like to continue as head coach of the Men’s National Team especially since USA Basketball wanted me to do
so. It just seems like the right thing to do.
“There is no greater honor than to
coach your country’s team and to be afforded the unique opportunity to be the National Team coach three times is incredible,” Coach K continued. “I do not take that responsibility lightly. Working with the people at USA Basketball, particularly Jerry Colangelo, has been remarkable. All of those people are still in place and I would have been the only person who wouldn’t have been
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