USA National Team Coaches Geno Auriemma And Mike Krzyzewski Honored As 2014 USA Basketball Co-National Coaches of the Year
ing berth into the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Geno Auriemma (University of Connecticut) and Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University) were announced as the 2014 USA Basketball Co-National Coaches of the Year. USA Basketball’s Board of Directors is responsible for selecting its annual award winners. The honor is the third such
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recognition for Auriemma and an unparalleled sixth for Krzyzewski. “USA Basketball is incredibly
grateful to Geno and Mike for all of the time and hard work that they have dedicated to USA Basketball this past summer and throughout the years,” said USA Basketball CEO/Executive Director Jim Tooley. “Our national teams are much stronger because of their commitments, and we are very proud to honor them as our Co-National Coaches of the Year.” Auriemma led the 2014 USA
Basketball Women’s World Championship Team to a 6-0 record and the gold medal at the FIBA World Championship from Sept. 27–Oct. 5 in Istanbul, Turkey. “Well I’m still way behind Coach
K!” joked Auriemma about earning his third USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award. “It’s a great honor to be the coach of this team and have the opportunity to coach the best play- ers in the world against the best teams in the world. It’s something that, no matter how many years I’m with USA Basketball or how many gold medals we win, it’s always something that’s a special feeling. To be associated with Coach K again certainly puts me in great company” Krzyzewski steered the 2014 USA
Basketball Men’s World Cup Team to a 9-0 record and the gold medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup from Aug. 30-Sept. 14 in Bilbao, Barcelona and Madrid, Spain. “Sharing this award with Geno is terrific, because he is one of the great
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fter each led a USA Basketball national team to a gold medal and a qualify-
coaches of all time in any sport,” Krzyzewski said. “The fact that he has made this commitment to USA Basketball and so have I, and it’s turned out to be great, where both teams have won at the highest level and represented our country at the highest level. “The sixth time seems sur-
real, like how could you be doing it for that long?” Krzyzewski contin- ued. “So when I think about that, I think about how lucky I am to be the national coach of our men’s team. And as a result we are going to get good players, and I got a good chance of winning with those players and those players have made the commitment to win. So, it’s an honor, and I hope there is another one in the future.” The women’s title was the
Geno Auriemma was named as a 2014 USA Basketball Co-National Coach of the Year Award recipient after coaching the USA to World Championship gold.
USA Basketball National Coach Of The Year Award Recipients
ic Year Coach
2014 Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
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 Van Chancellor, Houston Comets 2003 Larry Brown, Detroit Pistons 2002 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
USA’s ninth FIBA World Championship gold overall and second consecutive for Auriemma, who now is 57-9 overall as a USA Basketball head coach and 74-9 all-
time as a USA head or assistant coach. Since he took over the USA
Women’s National Team in 2009, Auriemma has led the USA to perfect records and gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Championships and the 2012 London Olympic Games. “He is a master at inspiring his
players to grow at the fundamentals while still playing in our own unique style,” said U.S. forward Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx), who was named MVP of the 2014 FIBA World Championship. “He challenges his players to be better in a way that makes us smarter and better leaders. His love of the game and his players is conta- gious as well as the laughter he creates through the days.” At the 2014 FIBA World Championship, Auriemma led the USA past its six opponents by an average of 28.8 points per game. The USA’s 75- point win over Angola in its final preliminary round game was the USA’s largest margin of victory ever in FIBA
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