Princeton University Athletics
Banghart Named Assistant Coach For USA Basketball Women's U-23 National Team
April 19, 2017 | Women's Basketball
USA Basketball Release
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart has been named an Assistant Coach for the USA Basketball's Women's U-23 National Team.
Louisville's Jeff Walz has been selected as head coach of the U-23 squad while Michelle Clarke-Heard will be the other assistant coach with Banghart.
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"What a tremendous honor it is to serve USA Basketball in a coaching capacity," said Banghart. "It's always been a dream of mine to coach the sport at the highest level and to do so while representing our country."
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USA Basketball will participate in an inaugural U23 Four Nations Tournament for college-aged students from Aug. 12-15 in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens who currently are freshmen, sophomores or juniors in college.
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"We are looking for coaches to lead the next generation and Jeff, Courtney and Michelle are three of the most successful and well-respected coaches in our business," said Jennifer Rizzotti, chair of the USA Basketball Women's National Committee and head coach of George Washington. "We are happy to entrust our group of U23 athletes to this well-deserving trio."
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Banghart recently finished her 10th season as head coach of the Tigers, surpassing the 200-win milestone during the season. She is the program's all-time leader in victories (208) and sits with a .705 winning percentage.
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During her tenure, Princeton has experienced extraordinary heights. The Tigers reached the postseason for the eighth straight season in 2016-17 with a Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) selection. Banghart was picked as the 2015 Naismith National Coach of the Year and included as one of the Fortune Magazine's 50 Greatest Leaders after the 2014-15 campaign.
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Princeton's undefeated 30-0 regular season in 2014-15 was the best in Ivy League basketball history, men's or women's. Under Banghart's guidance, the Tigers also achieved the highest-ever ranking for an Ivy program, climbing as high as No. 13 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. The Tigers would go on to finish with a program-best mark of 31-1. With an 80-70 first round victory over ninth-seeded Green Bay, Princeton became just the second Ivy program to record an NCAA win.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart has been named an Assistant Coach for the USA Basketball's Women's U-23 National Team.
Louisville's Jeff Walz has been selected as head coach of the U-23 squad while Michelle Clarke-Heard will be the other assistant coach with Banghart.
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"What a tremendous honor it is to serve USA Basketball in a coaching capacity," said Banghart. "It's always been a dream of mine to coach the sport at the highest level and to do so while representing our country."
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USA Basketball will participate in an inaugural U23 Four Nations Tournament for college-aged students from Aug. 12-15 in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens who currently are freshmen, sophomores or juniors in college.
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"We are looking for coaches to lead the next generation and Jeff, Courtney and Michelle are three of the most successful and well-respected coaches in our business," said Jennifer Rizzotti, chair of the USA Basketball Women's National Committee and head coach of George Washington. "We are happy to entrust our group of U23 athletes to this well-deserving trio."
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Banghart recently finished her 10th season as head coach of the Tigers, surpassing the 200-win milestone during the season. She is the program's all-time leader in victories (208) and sits with a .705 winning percentage.
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During her tenure, Princeton has experienced extraordinary heights. The Tigers reached the postseason for the eighth straight season in 2016-17 with a Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) selection. Banghart was picked as the 2015 Naismith National Coach of the Year and included as one of the Fortune Magazine's 50 Greatest Leaders after the 2014-15 campaign.
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Princeton's undefeated 30-0 regular season in 2014-15 was the best in Ivy League basketball history, men's or women's. Under Banghart's guidance, the Tigers also achieved the highest-ever ranking for an Ivy program, climbing as high as No. 13 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. The Tigers would go on to finish with a program-best mark of 31-1. With an 80-70 first round victory over ninth-seeded Green Bay, Princeton became just the second Ivy program to record an NCAA win.
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