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From The Next:
"Head coach Cheryl Reeve has named her staff for USA Basketball in its upcoming World Cup Qualifiers, and it will look very familiar to WNBA fans. Mike Thibault, Vickie Johnson, James Wade, and Curt Miller will join Reeve, equating to five of the league’s 12 head coaches.
"The U.S., which has already secured a bid to this fall’s World Cup in Australia after winning the Olympic gold medal, will host Puerto Rico and Belgium from Feb. 10-12 in Washington, D.C. The latter two teams will play Russia in the Dominican Republic the next week with two qualifying for the World Cup.
"The U.S. training camp for the qualifiers will be held from Feb. 5-9, where the roster will be selected. While Johnson and Thibault will be on the bench with Reeve in Washington, Wade and Miller will be serving as court coaches and team scouts."
(Full article linked below)
According to the Press Release from USA Basketball (linked in The Next article), this is the National Team Committee. Plus, this team is expected to be made up of WNBA players, so the selection of all pro coaches makes a lot of sense for this cycle. Will be interesting to see what happens as the team moves forward to the World Cup and beyond. From USA Basketball:
"The USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee is chaired by Connecticut Sun president and 2018-21 USA National Team assistant coach Jennifer Rizzotti and includes Olympic and World Cup gold medalists Seimone Augustus and DeLisha Milton-Jones, 2017-21 USA National Team head coach Dawn Staley and WNBA head of league operations Bethany Donaphin.
"Athletes selected for the training camp and competition are expected to be WNBA athletes."
"Head coach Cheryl Reeve has named her staff for USA Basketball in its upcoming World Cup Qualifiers, and it will look very familiar to WNBA fans. Mike Thibault, Vickie Johnson, James Wade, and Curt Miller will join Reeve, equating to five of the league’s 12 head coaches.
"The U.S., which has already secured a bid to this fall’s World Cup in Australia after winning the Olympic gold medal, will host Puerto Rico and Belgium from Feb. 10-12 in Washington, D.C. The latter two teams will play Russia in the Dominican Republic the next week with two qualifying for the World Cup.
"The U.S. training camp for the qualifiers will be held from Feb. 5-9, where the roster will be selected. While Johnson and Thibault will be on the bench with Reeve in Washington, Wade and Miller will be serving as court coaches and team scouts."
(Full article linked below)
https://www./features/usa-basketball-names-assistants-for-world-cup-qualifiers/
According to the Press Release from USA Basketball (linked in The Next article), this is the National Team Committee. Plus, this team is expected to be made up of WNBA players, so the selection of all pro coaches makes a lot of sense for this cycle. Will be interesting to see what happens as the team moves forward to the World Cup and beyond. From USA Basketball:
"The USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee is chaired by Connecticut Sun president and 2018-21 USA National Team assistant coach Jennifer Rizzotti and includes Olympic and World Cup gold medalists Seimone Augustus and DeLisha Milton-Jones, 2017-21 USA National Team head coach Dawn Staley and WNBA head of league operations Bethany Donaphin.
"Athletes selected for the training camp and competition are expected to be WNBA athletes."
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