University of Texas head coach Shaka Smart will guide the 2016 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team in its quest for a fourth straight U18 gold medal, along with USA assistant coaches Kevin Ollie of the University of Connecticut and Mark Turgeon of Maryland.
The trio will lead the USA at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship July 19-23 in Valdivia, Chile. Not only is a gold medal at stake, the top four finishing teams will earn a qualifying berth in the 2017.
“With his experience from the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, Shaka Smart is an excellent choice to lead the 2016 USA U18 National Team,” said Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), chair of the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee, which selected the USA coaching staff. “Coach Smart and assistant coaches Kevin Ollie and Mark Turgeon are very successful head coaches at the college level, and the USA team will be completely prepared to compete for the gold."
Smart helped USA Basketball teams to gold medals at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship. Overall as a USA Basketball assistant coach, Smart is 14-0.
In his first season as head coach for the University of Texas in 2015-16, Smart led his team to a 20-13 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance. Prior to that, he was a head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University for six seasons (2009-10 to 2014-15), where he compiled a 163-56 record (.744 winning percentage) and made five NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2011 Final Four.
He also has 10 seasons of experience as an assistant coach at five different schools, and as an assistant coach, he has an all-time record of 220-97 (.694 winning percentage).
“It’s a tremendous honor to coach the USA U18 National Team and represent our country in international play,” Smart said. “The opportunity to work with Kevin Ollie and Mark Turgeon is something I’m extremely excited about. They are two of the best coaches in the country, and I’m looking forward to learning a lot."
In 2015-16, Ollie led Connecticut to a 25-11 record, an American Athletic Conference Tournament title and the NCAA Tournament second round. In four seasons overall as the Huskies head coach, he owns a 97-44 record (.688 winning percentage), including winning the 2014 NCAA National Championship.
He was an assistant coach for two seasons at Connecticut (2010-11 and 2011-12), during which time the Huskies were 52-23 (.693 winning percentage) and won the 2011 NCAA Championship.
“It is an honor and a privilege to be a part of USA Basketball,” Ollie said. “Any time you are asked to represent your country, especially in a worldwide competition, it comes with a tremendous sense of pride and responsibility. I am grateful to be asked to help mold these outstanding young men into a team that can compete."
Hi i was browsing your blog and i found it really interesting! i too have a website.Kindly check it out here
ReplyDeleteIndia’s Independence Day
Independence Day India
15 August Images
15 August speech
15 August Songs
15 August Quotes
15 August Whatsapp Status
15 August Facebook Status
15 August Shayari
15 August Photos
15 August Messages
15 August SMS
15 August Wishes
15 August Pictures
15 August Wallpaper
Hi i was browsing your blog and i found it really interesting! i too have a website.Kindly check it out here
ReplyDeleteRajhans Residency Noida Extension
Rajhans Residency Noida
Rajhans Residency
The discussion was very interesting to read, nice article, its content is very good and interesting.
ReplyDeleteHalloween 2016 Costumes Ideas
Happy Diwali 2016 Images
Get Passport Status
Check Passport Status
When Halloween 2016
Black Friday 2016 Deals
Veg Food Recipe
Ganesh Chaturthi 2016 SMS
Happy Independence Day 2016
Latest Government Jobs
Champions Trophy 2017 Schedule
2017 Champions Trophy
Whatsapp Status Status
Euro 2016 Final
Bigg Boss Season 10
Happy New Year 2017
IPL 2017 Schedule
Fifa World Cup 2018 schedule
Happy Independence Day 2016 Images and wallpapers
15th August
Happy Independence Day India
Happy Independence Day
Happy Independence Day Wishes
Happy Independence Day Quotes
Happy Independence Day Images
Happy Independence Day 2016 Speech
The discussion was very interesting to read, nice article, its content is very good and interesting.
ReplyDeleteHalloween 2016 Costumes Ideas
Happy Diwali 2016 Images
Get Passport Status
Check Passport Status
When Halloween 2016
Black Friday 2016 Deals
Happy Independence Day 2016
Ganesh Chaturthi 2016 SMS
Happy Independence Day 2016 Images
Latest Government Jobs
Champions Trophy 2017 Schedule
2017 Champions Trophy
Happy Independence Day Whatsapp Status
Bigg Boss Season 10
Happy New Year 2017
IPL 2017 Schedule
Fifa World Cup 2018 schedule
Happy Independence Day 2016 Images and wallpapers
15th August
Happy Independence Day India
Happy Independence Day
Happy Independence Day Wishes
Happy Independence Day Quotes
Happy Independence Day Images
Happy Independence Day 2016 Speech
Sultan Box Office total Collection
ReplyDeleteRaees Movie Total Box Office Collection
bollywood movie box office collection
Mohenjo Daro Review
nice post
ReplyDeletehindi slogan on independence day
short speech on independence day in english for school students
Independence day images with quotes
Hi i was browsing your blog and i found it really interesting! i too have a website.Kindly check it out here
ReplyDeleteLicensed Moneylender
Singapore Moneylenderr
Mohenjo Daro Trailer
ReplyDeleteRaees Movie Box Office total Predictions
Befikre Box Office Collection Prediction
etc bollywood box office collection
The discussion was very interesting to read,
ReplyDeleteBest Whatsapp Status
Happy Raksha Bandhan
Happy Raksha Bandhan 2016
Happy Raksha Bandhan Images
Happy Raksha Bandhan Wishes
Rakhi Images
Raksha Bandhan
Happy Raksha Bandhan 2016
Raksha Bandhan Greetings
Raksha Bandhan Images
Raksha Bandhan Messages
Raksha Bandhan Photos
Raksha Bandhan Pics
Raksha Bandhan Pictures
Raksha Bandhan SMS
Raksha Bandhan Status
Raksha Bandhan Wallpaper
Raksha Bandhan Wishes
Halloween 2016 Costumes Ideas
Happy Diwali 2016 messages
Get online Passport Status
Check online Passport Status
When Halloween 2016
Black Friday 2016 Deals
Ganesh Chaturthi 2016 SMS
govt jobs
Champions Trophy 2017 Schedule
2017 Champions Trophy
Bigg Boss 10 Latest Updates
Happy New Year 2017 Wishes
IPL 2017 Schedule
Wonderful blog! I found it while searching on Yahoo News. Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Many thanks.
ReplyDelete2048 games | five nights at freddys 4 | plants vs zombies | five nights at freddys 3 | fireboy and watergirl 4
yeah perfect info and i also appreciate your point of view can you please elaborate this in detail. Because i read your blog regularly Box Office Collection
ReplyDeleteIn today life the competition is increasing day by day and now there is also a competition in the collection of bollywood movie. We users keen to know about the collection of the movies that which movie earn lots of income. Bollywood Box Office Collection
ReplyDeleteIts really good information, I like your blog post. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletestrike force kitty 2 | red ball | red ball 4 | ninjago games | strike force kitty 2
wow its very nice and useful content have a glance on my blog apk download
ReplyDeletefastpokemap apk download.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post....Do Check:- Shri Krishna Janmashtami Wallpapers HD, Lord Krishna Life Story in Hindi, Gokulashtami Drawing, Krishna Yashoda Quotes in Hindi, Janmashtami Aarti, Janmashtami Status in Hindi for Whatsapp, Lines on Janmashtami in Hindi and Happy Janmashtami Quotes for Facebook
ReplyDelete