Rizzotti Joins Team USA Staff

[fireford]

Not sure if this happened a while ago or recently but is mentioned in the article that Barnes is joining Staley's Team USA staff.

<<Jennifer Rizzotti, who is part of Staley's staff for this summer's Tokyo Olympics, joins Barnes as part of the AmeriCup staff. Ten nations from North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean will compete in the AmeriCup.>>

Arizona's Adia Barnes joins Dawn Staley's staff for USA AmeriCup

Adia Barnes, who led Arizona to the national title game earlier this month, is joining the USA Basketball staff for a 2022 FIBA World Cup qualifying event in June.

www.espn.com

 

[CL82]

Called it.

 

[Aluminny69]

Did Staley and Rizzotti play together in the Olympics? Which one?

 

[Centerstream]

Did Staley and Rizzotti play together in the Olympics? Which one?

According to Wikipedia, they were not. I don't believe that Jennifer was on any Olympic team.

 

[fireford]

Did Staley and Rizzotti play together in the Olympics? Which one?

Doesn't appear they did. Staley was on the Olympic team in 1996 and Rizzotti played on the Jones Cup Team that same year.

1996 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP

Taipei, Taoyuan, Tainan, Pingtung, Yun-Lin and Lin-Kou, Taiwan - August 14-26, 1996 Overpowering its opposition by an average margin of 33.0 points a game, the USA rolled in impressive fashion to a perfect 9-0 record and the gold medal at...

www.usab.com

1995-96 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA • October 28, 1995 - July 13, 1996 The tenure of the 1995-96 Women's National Team was truly a watershed period for the USA Basketball women's program. Suffering from a gold medal drought after bronze medal finishes at the '92 Olympics and '94 World...

www.usab.com

 

[Vowelguy]

Did Staley and Rizzotti play together in the Olympics? Which one?

Jen did not play in the Olympics

 

[fireford]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

If you watched SNY's "The Undefeated" 1995 version it seems Jen and Jamelle have been known to drop an F-bomb or two.

 

[Zanzman]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

Time to move on

 

[baggerbob]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

The Assistant coaches for the Olympics, are Dan Hughes, Cheryl Reeve, and Jennifer Rizzotti.

 

[Kaizen]

The Assistant coaches for the Olympics, are Dan Hughes, Cheryl Reeve, and Jennifer Rizzotti.

Barnes and South Carolina's Staley, who is the U.S. national team's head coach, both took their teams to the national semifinals, the first time that two Black coaches advanced to the same women's Final Four.

Jennifer Rizzotti, who is part of Staley's staff for this summer's Tokyo Olympics, joins Barnes as part of the AmeriCup staff.

 

[Vowelguy]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

Lol . Shall we ban Diana as well?

I would love to see this US team of players who never curse. They’d probably lose to Fiji.

 

[cbraarj]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

A little bit of discrimination with that remark!!!

 

[fireford]

Nice write-up on Jen on what she meant to those that played for her at GW:

‘She taught me how to be a leader’: Alumnae reflect on Rizzotti as GW searches for replacement

Rizzotti said her firing came down to the “wins and losses,” which she called surprising given the “really positive” feedback she had received.

www.gwhatchet.com

 

[bluedevil]

A little bit of discrimination with that remark!!!

Low class knows no ethnicity.

 

[oldude]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

It is an international gesture understood around the world.........

 

[fang]

Hope Adia Barnes doesn't use her middle finger and the "F"-boo in Tokyo Olympics. This is a world event don't let other people think she is a typical American woman.

There's another thread about Caroline Doty joining the Wisconsin staff. What's the over/under on a Doty f-bomb? I'd give her 5 minutes, and that's a part of what made her fun.

 

[Geew1992]

Lol . Shall we ban Diana as well?

I would love to see this US team of players who never curse. They’d probably lose to Fiji.

Pretty sure you would have to include many many players in that ban

 

[JellyBean]

This is going to be one solid coaching staff. Can't wait to watch some games.

 

[cbraarj]

It is an international gesture understood around the world.........

If you're American then shame on you!

 

[oldude]

If you're American then shame on you!

Why single out Americans for a gesture that originated in Ancient Greece?