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Lawson Named Court Coach for USA National Team Spring Camp
3/15/2022 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM – Duke women's basketball head coach Kara Lawson is one of four experienced and successful collegiate head coaches that have been selected to serve as court coaches for the 2022 USA Basketball Women's National Team Training camp from March 30-April 2 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Joining Lawson will be Adia Barnes (Arizona), Joni Taylor (Georgia) and Jeff Walz (Louisville). The USA minicamp will be the second opportunity for 2021-24 USA National Team head coach Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) to work with 2022 USA World Cup Team hopefuls ahead of the 2022 WNBA season. Should any of the coaches advance their teams to the NCAA Final Four, they will not participate in the minicamp.
"The committee and I had the chance to see and work with a great group of WNBA coaches in February and the upcoming training camp in Minneapolis will give us an opportunity to look at some of the nation's top collegiate coaches," said Reeve. "All four are talented and know the game very well. I'm looking forward to working with them as we bring together a different collection of 2022 USA World Cup Team hopefuls in Minneapolis."
All four court coaches have prior USA Basketball coaching experience. In five-on-five events, Barnes, Taylor and Walz have combined for six gold medals, an international tournament title and a 41-0 overall international record with USA Basketball. Lawson's coaching duties include seven gold medals in 3x3 basketball.
Lawson, a gold medalist on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, led the inaugural U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women's Basketball Team to an 8-1 record and gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She has helped coach USA Basketball teams to seven 3x3 gold medals since 2017. The 2021 USA Basketball 3x3 Coach of the Year, Lawson also served as the athlete representative on the 2017-2021 USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
"I'm honored to serve as a court coach for the USA National Team training camp," said Lawson, who began her USA Basketball career as an athlete in 1998. "From the moment I first put on a USA jersey at 17 until now, the excitement and pride I feel representing our country has not changed. I'm grateful for every opportunity the federation has given me as a player, committee member, 3x3 coach and now five-on-five coach. I look forward to working with Cheryl in this capacity and helping the players improve during our time together."
Barnes returns for her second stint with USA Basketball after serving as an assistant coach for the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team that captured the gold medal with a 6-0 slate. Taylor served as an assistant coach for the gold medalist 2021 USA U19 World Cup Team that finished with a 7-0 record and was a court coach for the 2018 USA U18 National Team trials.
Walz, as a USA Basketball head coach, guided the 2019 U19 and 2018 U18 teams to gold and was an assistant coach for the 2015 U19 and 2014 U18 gold medal winning teams. He also served as head coach for the 2017 USA Women's U23 National Team that captured the U24 Four Nations Tournament in Japan, before working as a court coach at the 2017 USA National Team's October minicamp.
The minicamp coaching staff was selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors.
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 attending training camp will be announced at a later date.
2022 FIBA World Cup
The 19th edition of the FIBA World Cup will feature 12 teams competing for gold Sept. 22-Oct. 1 in Sydney, Australia.
USA will face Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, South Korea and a team to be determined by FIBA at a later date in preliminary, round robin games as part of Group A. Competing in Group B are Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Nigeria and Serbia.
Following the Sept. 22-27 preliminary round, the top four finishing teams in each group will advance to the Sept. 29 quarterfinal round. Semifinals will be held on Sept. 30 and the gold and bronze medal games will be contested on Oct. 1.
Three-time defending World Cup gold medalists, and winners of five of the past six World Cups, the USA has claimed a record 10 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals since the event launched in 1953. The USA owns an overall 109-21 record at the World Cup, including a 41-5 slate against the 10 known qualified nations.
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Joining Lawson will be Adia Barnes (Arizona), Joni Taylor (Georgia) and Jeff Walz (Louisville). The USA minicamp will be the second opportunity for 2021-24 USA National Team head coach Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) to work with 2022 USA World Cup Team hopefuls ahead of the 2022 WNBA season. Should any of the coaches advance their teams to the NCAA Final Four, they will not participate in the minicamp.
"The committee and I had the chance to see and work with a great group of WNBA coaches in February and the upcoming training camp in Minneapolis will give us an opportunity to look at some of the nation's top collegiate coaches," said Reeve. "All four are talented and know the game very well. I'm looking forward to working with them as we bring together a different collection of 2022 USA World Cup Team hopefuls in Minneapolis."
All four court coaches have prior USA Basketball coaching experience. In five-on-five events, Barnes, Taylor and Walz have combined for six gold medals, an international tournament title and a 41-0 overall international record with USA Basketball. Lawson's coaching duties include seven gold medals in 3x3 basketball.
Lawson, a gold medalist on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, led the inaugural U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women's Basketball Team to an 8-1 record and gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She has helped coach USA Basketball teams to seven 3x3 gold medals since 2017. The 2021 USA Basketball 3x3 Coach of the Year, Lawson also served as the athlete representative on the 2017-2021 USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
"I'm honored to serve as a court coach for the USA National Team training camp," said Lawson, who began her USA Basketball career as an athlete in 1998. "From the moment I first put on a USA jersey at 17 until now, the excitement and pride I feel representing our country has not changed. I'm grateful for every opportunity the federation has given me as a player, committee member, 3x3 coach and now five-on-five coach. I look forward to working with Cheryl in this capacity and helping the players improve during our time together."
Barnes returns for her second stint with USA Basketball after serving as an assistant coach for the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team that captured the gold medal with a 6-0 slate. Taylor served as an assistant coach for the gold medalist 2021 USA U19 World Cup Team that finished with a 7-0 record and was a court coach for the 2018 USA U18 National Team trials.
Walz, as a USA Basketball head coach, guided the 2019 U19 and 2018 U18 teams to gold and was an assistant coach for the 2015 U19 and 2014 U18 gold medal winning teams. He also served as head coach for the 2017 USA Women's U23 National Team that captured the U24 Four Nations Tournament in Japan, before working as a court coach at the 2017 USA National Team's October minicamp.
The minicamp coaching staff was selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors.
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 attending training camp will be announced at a later date.
2022 FIBA World Cup
The 19th edition of the FIBA World Cup will feature 12 teams competing for gold Sept. 22-Oct. 1 in Sydney, Australia.
USA will face Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, South Korea and a team to be determined by FIBA at a later date in preliminary, round robin games as part of Group A. Competing in Group B are Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Nigeria and Serbia.
Following the Sept. 22-27 preliminary round, the top four finishing teams in each group will advance to the Sept. 29 quarterfinal round. Semifinals will be held on Sept. 30 and the gold and bronze medal games will be contested on Oct. 1.
Three-time defending World Cup gold medalists, and winners of five of the past six World Cups, the USA has claimed a record 10 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals since the event launched in 1953. The USA owns an overall 109-21 record at the World Cup, including a 41-5 slate against the 10 known qualified nations.
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