2013-14, Phillips led her team to a 20- 12 record and the California Division II state championship game. Under Showalter, the USA men
beat opponents by 38.1 points per game and captured a third-straight FIBA U17 World Championship title. “Coach Showalter was a great
coach,” said Malik Newman (Callaway H.S./Ridgeland, Miss.), who was named MVP of the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship. “He only expected great things from you on and off the court, and he pushed you to get out of your comfort zone and get better.” Showalter, who has headed the USA
Don Showalter earned a remarkable sixth-consecutive USA Basketball Co-Developmental Coach of the Year honor after steering the 2014 USA Men’s U17 team to a perfect 7-0 record and to gold at the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
beat its opponents by an average of 37.0 points per game, four players averaged double-digit scoring and all 12 players averaged at least 9.0 minutes per game of playing time. “Coach Phillips is a good coach
because she pushes you to be the best you can possibly be and never gives up on you as a player,” said Katie Lou Samuelson (Mater Dei H.S./Huntington Beach, Calif.), who was named to the five-member All-FIBA U17 World Championship Team. “She wants you to reach your full potential, and she will do whatever she can to help you get there. She is one of the best coaches I have gotten to play for and I am very grateful.” Phillips also guided the USA to a
5-0 record and a gold medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, where the first-place finish qualified the USA for the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship. Including exhibition play, Phillips is
16-4 all time as a USA Basketball head coach and 14-1 over the past two sum- mers as head of the 2013 U16 and 2014 U17 teams. The USA’s Joyner Holmes (Cedar
Hill H.S./Cedar Hill, Texas) joined Samuelson on the All-FIBA U17 World Championship Team. Among the 16-team tournament, the
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USA led the field in 11 different cate- gories, including scoring offense (82.9), scoring margin (+37.0), free throw per- centage (.739), field goal percentage (.431), field goal percentage defense (.266), rebounding defense (35.4), rebounding margin (+17.3), blocked shots (6.7), turnover margin (+6.0), offensive rebounds (18.6) and offensive rebounds percentage (.453); and tied for the lead in scoring defense (45.9). The U.S. team produced tournament
single-game highs for margin of victory (+56.0 vs. Mali on 7/1), field goal attempts (85 vs. Hungary on 7/5) and blocked shots (10 vs. Spain on 7/6); and tied for single-game tournament highs for rebounds (61 vs. Mali on 7/1). The squad set three USA competi-
tion records, including 3-point makes (5.9) and attempts (17.6) and highest free-throw percentage (.740); and a sin- gle-game record for 3-point attempts (23 vs. China on 6/28); as well as tied the single-game high for 3-point makes (10 vs. Mexico on July 2). Phillips also led the USA to a 2-1
exhibition record in Nogent Sur Seine, France, with wins over China (89-49 on 6/20) and Canada (80-45 on 6/21) and a loss to host France (78-72 on 6/22). In her 21st season as head coach at Archbishop Mitty High School in
men’s U16 and U17 national teams since their inception in 2009, now owns an overall 23-0 win-loss record in FIBA U17 World Championship games after piloting the 2010 and 2012 USA U17 teams to gold. U.S. forward Diamond Stone
(Dominican H.S./Milwaukee, Wis.) joined Newman on the all-tournament team.
Led by five players who averaged
double-digit scoring, the USA led the 16-team tournament in scoring offense (104.1), scoring margin (+38.1), field goal percentage (.515), rebounding offense (56.9), rebounding margin (+22.6), blocked shots (7.1), assists (15.6), steals (13.0), offensive rebounds (21.2) and defensive rebounds (35.6). The U.S. team produced tournament
single-game highs for field goal percent- age (.663 vs. Japan on 8/12) and steals (22 vs. Angola on 8/9), and tied for tour- nament single-game highs for blocked shots (11 vs. China on 8/14) and field goals made (55 vs. Japan on 8/12). The squad set three USA competi-
tion records, including field goal percent- age (.515), free throw percentage (.671) and rebounds averaged (56.9); and four U.S. U17 single-game records, including field goals made (55 vs. Japan on 8/12), field goal percentage (.663 vs. Japan on 8/12), free throws made (24 vs. Serbia on 8/15) and rebounds (66 vs. Philippines on 8/11); as well as tying the U.S. single-game high for free throws attempted (34 vs. Serbia on 8/15). Showalter completed his 40th year
as a high school head coach in 2013-14 and his second season rebuilding the program at Iowa City High School.
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