Gregg Popovich Named Team USA Basketball Head Coach for 2017-20

[iamSamke]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2582 ... ing-league

United States basketball has found its next head coach, as Gregg Popovich will take over the mantle from 2017-20 after Mike Krzyzewski's run ends following the 2016 Rio Olympics.

According to a release from USABasketball.com, U.S. basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo made the announcement Friday:

There is no doubt in my mind that we have the great fortune of bringing on board one of the NBA’s best and most successful coaches ever to lead the USA National Team for the 2017-20 quadrennium. By making this decision now, it will allow us to have a clean, efficient and immediate transition following the 2016 Olympic Games.

In the same release, Popovich said he is "honored and humbled" to have the opportunity to lead USA basketball into its next phase.

Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports, Krzyzewski will serve as a special advisor for the U.S. national team during Popovich's run as head coach.

Krzyzewski is leaving huge shoes to fill, as he has built teams that have compiled a 75-1 record with two Olympic gold medals and a chance at a third next summer.

If any coach can fill the Coach K void, it is Popovich. He is widely regarded as the NBA's best head coach, and he has led the San Antonio Spurs to 16 consecutive seasons with at least 50 wins since 1999 and five NBA titles in the last 17 years.

[mp3]

Can't think of a better coach to coach the best of the best.

I remember when Pops took over as Spurs coach and I honestly thought he would just be a temporary face there but he's left a legacy in SA

[iamSamke]

Well definetly the best choice avaliable. Last 2 lines says it all.

[Andrew]

Didn't Popovich once say he had no interest in coaching the Olympic team? Perhaps I imagined that.

In any event, definitely a superb choice.

[Stress Fracture]

I wonder if superstar players can accept being benched in a gold medal game.

[Andrew]

DNP - Not Patriotic Enough.

[NovU]

I wonder how he'll destroy interviewers at international level.