Kori Ellis
10-26-2005, 01:02 PM
Mike Krzyzewski Selected Head Coach Of USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Program For 2006-08
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (October 26, 2005) -- USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program Managing Director Jerry Colangelo officially announced today that Basketball Hall of Fame coach and Duke University (N.C.) head mentor Mike Krzyzewski has been named head coach of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program for 2006-2008. Krzyzewski's selection was approved by USA Basketball's Executive Committee.
"Mike Krzyzewski is the right man at the right time," said Colangelo, who was appointed Managing Director of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program on April 27, 2005. "His professional record speaks for itself. His loyalty and commitment to his country is more than self evident and his success as a leader of men is also a part of who he is."
With Krzyzewski at the helm, the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team will compete in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (Aug. 19-Sept. 3 in Saitama, Japan); if necessary the 2007 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament (dates and site TBD); and if the USA qualifies, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China).
"For me, this is the ultimate honor in coaching," said Krzyzewski. "It is a chance to represent the United States at this elite level of basketball. I am honored to be chosen and look forward to the opportunity to develop this team that will represent our great country in its own sport, both on and off the court."
Krzyzewski, who will turn 59 years old on Feb. 13, becomes the first collegiate coach to mentor a USA Senior National Team since USA Basketball began utilizing professional players in 1992.
"Our senior men's program will be tremendously served by Mike's extraordinary capabilities and stature and his superb leadership both on and off the court," said USA Basketball President Val Ackerman. "We are very proud to unite the best of professional and college basketball as we look to reclaim our dominance in both World Championship and Olympic competition."
Since first fielding a USA Basketball team of legendary NBA stars in 1992, USA Basketball senior national teams comprised of NBA players have claimed gold medals in eight of 10 major international basketball competitions, while compiling an impressive 74-6 overall record (.925 winning percentage) in those international competitions and a record of 23-1 (.958 winning percentage) in exhibition games.
"This is a banner day for the great game of basketball in our country," said USOC Chairman of the Board Peter Ueberroth. "Mike Krzyzewski is one of the most-respected coaches in the game, and he is an outstanding choice to lead the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team for the next three years. Mike understands that success is achieved only through an unwavering commitment to excellence, and he recognizes the honor and responsibility that come with representing our nation in the international arena. We applaud USA Basketball for its leadership in making this appointment."
Mike Krzyzewski
Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001, Krzyzewski has a remarkable record of achievement at Duke while also boasting of extensive international experience.
Selected the National Collegiate Coach of the Year 12 times, Coach K has averaged more than 25 wins a season during his 25-year (1980-81 through 2004-05) career at Duke and posted eight 30-win seasons, including 30 or more victories in five of the last eight years. Krzyzewski's eight 30-win seasons are the most by any coach in college basketball history.
Entering the 2005-06 season, Krzyzewski owns a 721-246 career record and a remarkable 74.5 winning percentage in his 30 years of collegiate coaching. In 25 seasons at the Durham campus, he has logged a spectacular record of 648-187 for a striking 77.6 winning percentage.
Under Krzyzewski, Duke has captured three national championships (1991, 1992, and 2001). He has directed teams to 10 Final Fours, the third-most by any coach in NCAA history. Since 1985, Krzyzewski has 66 NCAA Tournament victories, 25 more than the next-closest coach. His 66 NCAA victories stand as the all-time record. Every Duke class from 1986 to 2005 except one (1998) have played in at least one Final Four. Incredibly, 56 of 60 players who have completed four years of eligibility at Duke since 1986 have played in the Final Four and at least one NCAA Championship game.
Duke teams under Krzyzewski have earned 21 NCAA Tournament bids; claimed 10 ACC regular season and nine ACC Tournament championships; compiled 648 total victories, 250 ACC wins and 66 NCAA Tournament victories. He has had teams ranked among the nation's top 25 teams for 354 weeks, including 305 weeks ranked among the nation's top 10 teams and 78 weeks ranked number one in the country.
His players have earned National Player of the Year honors eight times, claimed National Defensive Players of the Year honors eight times, and been named All-American 31 times. Thirty-six of his players have been NBA Draft selections, including 18 first rounders and 12 NBA Lottery picks.
Krzyzewski's back-to-back NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992 make him the only coach since UCLA's John Wooden to repeat as national champions. Additionally, Krzyzewski and Wooden rank first on the chart of coaches who have led their respective schools to a number one national ranking in 12 different seasons.
Krzyzewski attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and while there lettered three years in basketball (1967, 1968 and 1969) and was captain of Army's 1969 NIT fourth place finishing team. He directed service teams for three years and followed that up as head coach of the U.S. Military Academy Prep School in Belvoir, Va, for two years.
In 1974 he resigned from the Army having attained the rank of Captain. When Krzyzewski was just 26, Bob Knight, his former coach at Army, hired him as a graduate assistant at Indiana University. That 1975 IU squad posted an 18-0 Big Ten Conference mark and an overall 31-1 record.
Accepting the head coaching position at his alma mater following his season at IU, Krzyzewski spent five years (1975-76 through 1979-80) building the West Point program and led the Cadets to one NIT berth, one ECAC playoff appearance and a five-year record of 73-59.
Krzyzewski also boasts of a long resume of international basketball coaching experience. A member of nine USA coaching staffs, in the eight international competitions Krzyzewski has been involved in those USA teams have compiled a 50-6 overall mark for an 89.3 winning percentage, while capturing five gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
Getting his start in 1979 as an assistant to Knight with the USA Pan American Games team that finished 9-0 and in possession of the gold medal, in 1983 he directed the U.S. Olympic Festival South squad to the gold medal with a 3-1 record. Krzyzewski served as an assistant coach at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and was a special assistant with the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team that won gold and finished 8-0. Head coach of the 1987 USA World University Games Team, Krzyzewski's crew finished 7-1 to claim the silver medal. Head coach in 1990 of the USA Goodwill Games and FIBA World Championship teams, Coach K led the American collegians to a silver medal and 3-2 finish in the Goodwill Games, and to a 6-2 bronze medal placing in the Worlds. Krzyzewski was selected an assistant coach for the historic 1992 U.S. Olympic Team that finished 6-0 in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and less than a month later rolled to an 8-0 record and captured Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain.
Krzyzewski has also been extensively involved in USA Basketball's selection committees. He was a member of USA Basketball's 1989-92 Games Committee for Men, and the 1989-92 Men's Olympic Team Subset and 1989-92 Men's National Team Subset. He served as chairman of the 1993-96 USA Basketball Select Team Committee, and was part of the 1997-2000 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Committee.
USA Basketball
Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the national governing body for men's and women's basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the United States by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.
USA Basketball is governed by a 10-member Executive Committee and 25-member Board of Directors, who are appointed and elected by active members. Ackerman serves as President of USA Basketball for the 2005-2008 term.
Serving since January 2001 as USA Basketball's Executive Director is Jim Tooley. Tooley, who has been with USA Basketball since 1993, is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the organization's day-to-day operations and business operations.
USA Basketball is an organization made up of associations. Current USA Basketball active members include the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU); Continental Basketball Association (CBA); National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); National Basketball Association (NBA); National Basketball Association Development League; National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS); National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA); National Pro-Am City League Association (NPACLA); National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA); United States Armed Forces; USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF); Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA); and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). These 15 member organizations have representation on USA Basketball's Board of Directors and various committees, and ultimately determine how USA Basketball operates.
During the 2001-2004 quadrennium, over 950 men and women participated in USA Basketball events, including the now annual USA Basketball men's and women's Youth Development Festivals, USA Basketball Trials, and USA Basketball teams. Competing in 20 major international events between 2001-2004, the USA won medals an astounding 17 times, including gold or top finishes 12 times, silver once and bronze medals four times.
The competitions in which USA teams regularly compete include the Olympics, World Championships, Pan American Games, World University Games, U21 World Championships, U19 World Championships, Hoop Summit and Youth Development Festivals.
USA Basketball also sanctions U.S. basketball team tours of foreign countries and foreign basketball team tours of the U.S., as well as oversees the certification of FIBA and USA Basketball officials and the assignment of those officials to international competitions.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (October 26, 2005) -- USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program Managing Director Jerry Colangelo officially announced today that Basketball Hall of Fame coach and Duke University (N.C.) head mentor Mike Krzyzewski has been named head coach of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program for 2006-2008. Krzyzewski's selection was approved by USA Basketball's Executive Committee.
"Mike Krzyzewski is the right man at the right time," said Colangelo, who was appointed Managing Director of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program on April 27, 2005. "His professional record speaks for itself. His loyalty and commitment to his country is more than self evident and his success as a leader of men is also a part of who he is."
With Krzyzewski at the helm, the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team will compete in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (Aug. 19-Sept. 3 in Saitama, Japan); if necessary the 2007 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament (dates and site TBD); and if the USA qualifies, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China).
"For me, this is the ultimate honor in coaching," said Krzyzewski. "It is a chance to represent the United States at this elite level of basketball. I am honored to be chosen and look forward to the opportunity to develop this team that will represent our great country in its own sport, both on and off the court."
Krzyzewski, who will turn 59 years old on Feb. 13, becomes the first collegiate coach to mentor a USA Senior National Team since USA Basketball began utilizing professional players in 1992.
"Our senior men's program will be tremendously served by Mike's extraordinary capabilities and stature and his superb leadership both on and off the court," said USA Basketball President Val Ackerman. "We are very proud to unite the best of professional and college basketball as we look to reclaim our dominance in both World Championship and Olympic competition."
Since first fielding a USA Basketball team of legendary NBA stars in 1992, USA Basketball senior national teams comprised of NBA players have claimed gold medals in eight of 10 major international basketball competitions, while compiling an impressive 74-6 overall record (.925 winning percentage) in those international competitions and a record of 23-1 (.958 winning percentage) in exhibition games.
"This is a banner day for the great game of basketball in our country," said USOC Chairman of the Board Peter Ueberroth. "Mike Krzyzewski is one of the most-respected coaches in the game, and he is an outstanding choice to lead the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team for the next three years. Mike understands that success is achieved only through an unwavering commitment to excellence, and he recognizes the honor and responsibility that come with representing our nation in the international arena. We applaud USA Basketball for its leadership in making this appointment."
Mike Krzyzewski
Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001, Krzyzewski has a remarkable record of achievement at Duke while also boasting of extensive international experience.
Selected the National Collegiate Coach of the Year 12 times, Coach K has averaged more than 25 wins a season during his 25-year (1980-81 through 2004-05) career at Duke and posted eight 30-win seasons, including 30 or more victories in five of the last eight years. Krzyzewski's eight 30-win seasons are the most by any coach in college basketball history.
Entering the 2005-06 season, Krzyzewski owns a 721-246 career record and a remarkable 74.5 winning percentage in his 30 years of collegiate coaching. In 25 seasons at the Durham campus, he has logged a spectacular record of 648-187 for a striking 77.6 winning percentage.
Under Krzyzewski, Duke has captured three national championships (1991, 1992, and 2001). He has directed teams to 10 Final Fours, the third-most by any coach in NCAA history. Since 1985, Krzyzewski has 66 NCAA Tournament victories, 25 more than the next-closest coach. His 66 NCAA victories stand as the all-time record. Every Duke class from 1986 to 2005 except one (1998) have played in at least one Final Four. Incredibly, 56 of 60 players who have completed four years of eligibility at Duke since 1986 have played in the Final Four and at least one NCAA Championship game.
Duke teams under Krzyzewski have earned 21 NCAA Tournament bids; claimed 10 ACC regular season and nine ACC Tournament championships; compiled 648 total victories, 250 ACC wins and 66 NCAA Tournament victories. He has had teams ranked among the nation's top 25 teams for 354 weeks, including 305 weeks ranked among the nation's top 10 teams and 78 weeks ranked number one in the country.
His players have earned National Player of the Year honors eight times, claimed National Defensive Players of the Year honors eight times, and been named All-American 31 times. Thirty-six of his players have been NBA Draft selections, including 18 first rounders and 12 NBA Lottery picks.
Krzyzewski's back-to-back NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992 make him the only coach since UCLA's John Wooden to repeat as national champions. Additionally, Krzyzewski and Wooden rank first on the chart of coaches who have led their respective schools to a number one national ranking in 12 different seasons.
Krzyzewski attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and while there lettered three years in basketball (1967, 1968 and 1969) and was captain of Army's 1969 NIT fourth place finishing team. He directed service teams for three years and followed that up as head coach of the U.S. Military Academy Prep School in Belvoir, Va, for two years.
In 1974 he resigned from the Army having attained the rank of Captain. When Krzyzewski was just 26, Bob Knight, his former coach at Army, hired him as a graduate assistant at Indiana University. That 1975 IU squad posted an 18-0 Big Ten Conference mark and an overall 31-1 record.
Accepting the head coaching position at his alma mater following his season at IU, Krzyzewski spent five years (1975-76 through 1979-80) building the West Point program and led the Cadets to one NIT berth, one ECAC playoff appearance and a five-year record of 73-59.
Krzyzewski also boasts of a long resume of international basketball coaching experience. A member of nine USA coaching staffs, in the eight international competitions Krzyzewski has been involved in those USA teams have compiled a 50-6 overall mark for an 89.3 winning percentage, while capturing five gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
Getting his start in 1979 as an assistant to Knight with the USA Pan American Games team that finished 9-0 and in possession of the gold medal, in 1983 he directed the U.S. Olympic Festival South squad to the gold medal with a 3-1 record. Krzyzewski served as an assistant coach at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and was a special assistant with the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team that won gold and finished 8-0. Head coach of the 1987 USA World University Games Team, Krzyzewski's crew finished 7-1 to claim the silver medal. Head coach in 1990 of the USA Goodwill Games and FIBA World Championship teams, Coach K led the American collegians to a silver medal and 3-2 finish in the Goodwill Games, and to a 6-2 bronze medal placing in the Worlds. Krzyzewski was selected an assistant coach for the historic 1992 U.S. Olympic Team that finished 6-0 in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and less than a month later rolled to an 8-0 record and captured Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain.
Krzyzewski has also been extensively involved in USA Basketball's selection committees. He was a member of USA Basketball's 1989-92 Games Committee for Men, and the 1989-92 Men's Olympic Team Subset and 1989-92 Men's National Team Subset. He served as chairman of the 1993-96 USA Basketball Select Team Committee, and was part of the 1997-2000 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Committee.
USA Basketball
Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the national governing body for men's and women's basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the United States by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.
USA Basketball is governed by a 10-member Executive Committee and 25-member Board of Directors, who are appointed and elected by active members. Ackerman serves as President of USA Basketball for the 2005-2008 term.
Serving since January 2001 as USA Basketball's Executive Director is Jim Tooley. Tooley, who has been with USA Basketball since 1993, is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the organization's day-to-day operations and business operations.
USA Basketball is an organization made up of associations. Current USA Basketball active members include the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU); Continental Basketball Association (CBA); National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); National Basketball Association (NBA); National Basketball Association Development League; National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS); National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA); National Pro-Am City League Association (NPACLA); National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA); United States Armed Forces; USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF); Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA); and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). These 15 member organizations have representation on USA Basketball's Board of Directors and various committees, and ultimately determine how USA Basketball operates.
During the 2001-2004 quadrennium, over 950 men and women participated in USA Basketball events, including the now annual USA Basketball men's and women's Youth Development Festivals, USA Basketball Trials, and USA Basketball teams. Competing in 20 major international events between 2001-2004, the USA won medals an astounding 17 times, including gold or top finishes 12 times, silver once and bronze medals four times.
The competitions in which USA teams regularly compete include the Olympics, World Championships, Pan American Games, World University Games, U21 World Championships, U19 World Championships, Hoop Summit and Youth Development Festivals.
USA Basketball also sanctions U.S. basketball team tours of foreign countries and foreign basketball team tours of the U.S., as well as oversees the certification of FIBA and USA Basketball officials and the assignment of those officials to international competitions.