Jim Boeheim, Tom Thibodeau, Monty Williams Selected USA Basketball Men’s National Team Assistant Coaches
Syracuse University veteran coach Jim Boeheim, Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau and New Orleans Pelicans head coach and former USA Basketball play- er Monty Williams were named assistant coaches for the 2013-16 USA Basketball Men’s National Team.
U It was announced
on May 23 that Duke University’s Naismith Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski, who directed the USA National Teams from 2006-2012 to a 62-1 overall record and back-to-back Olympic championships, would return to lead the USA National Team program for a third quadrennium.
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.
“Circumstances change for individu-
als, and it was time to make some coach- ing staff changes. We’re excited about the coaches we have coming on board,” said Jerry Colangelo. “I think we have assembled another outstanding coaching staff, one that I believe will continue to lead our program to success on the court as well as off. Coach Boeheim is a Hall of Fame coach who knows the interna- tional game as well as anyone and has been an invaluable part of the national team program since its inception in 2006. Coaches Thibodeau and Williams are outstanding additions to our staff, and both of them have already made their mark in the league.
“I also want to acknowledge and USA Basketball News
The 2013-16 USA Basketball Men’s National Team coaching staff got together for the first time during the USA National Team’s July mini-camp in Las Vegas, Nev.
thank our previous national team assistant coaches Mike D’Antoni and Nate McMillan,” added Colangelo. “They were both huge parts of our successes over the last seven years, and I want to publically thank them for all their time and many contributions.”
“I’m really excited about the USA
Basketball National Team coaching staff,” said Krzyzewski. “To work with Jim Boeheim again, who’s as close of a friend as you can have in this profession and also one of the brilliant coaches in the history of our game, to have him right along side me is fantastic. We’ve done that for the last seven years, we’re going to do it for four more.
“To have Tom Thibodeau join us, I
think his reputation speaks for itself. He was a great assistant who has become an outstanding pro coach, and nobody wants to play the Bulls. The toughness that they show, their togetherness, their com- petitiveness, and the preparation that is there, that is shown by he and his staff. I think he is one of the best defensive coaches, his defensive game plans are incredible, and so I’m really looking forward to working with him.
“Then in Monty Williams, it’s ironic
that he was an assistant with Nate McMillan, and again he is someone who is well respected in the NBA. The players love playing for him. I actually
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know him some because he is a very close friend of Grant Hill, I’ve met him a number of times, and I’m looking forward to working with him. “I think the
different personalities that we have on this staff and the different strong suites of each coach will make all of us better,” Krzyzewski concluded. “I’m anxious to get started.”
Jim Boeheim Boeheim, Syracuse University’s
Hall of Fame mentor and longtime USA Basketball coach and committee mem- ber, returns to the USA sidelines for a third stint as an assistant coach for the USA Basketball Men’s National Team. “I've had a number of tremendous
coaching experiences in the game of basketball and certainly working on the staff for the USA Basketball Men's National Team has been one of them,” said Boeheim. “I can't imagine a greater honor for a
coach than having the opportunity to rep- resent your country in international com- petition and especially at the Olympics.” Assisting on the USA sidelines in
2010-12, those USA National Teams fin- ished a sterling 26-0. Boeheim helped the Americans to a 9-0 record and gold medal finish in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, then helped direct the Americans to a perfect 8-0 mark and a second straight gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Boeheim was also an assistant coach
for the USA National Team program during the three summers between 2006- 08 and aided the program to a striking 36-1 overall win-loss record. The USA squad culminated the quadrennium by finishing 8-0 to reclaim the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The USA National Team also won gold at the 2007
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