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Staley Named USA Basketball Coach of the Year

USC head basketball coach Dawn Staley has been honored for her work in leading Team USA to the FIBA World Cup.gold medal.
Credit: Brad Mills, USA Today
United States head coach Dawn Staley looks on against Japan during the third quarter of an international exhibition basketball game at the Charles E. Smith Center at George Washington University.

Another award on the international stage for USC head coach Dawn Staley who has been named the 2018 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year.

Staley not only led the USA to a 6-0 record at the 2018 FIBA World Cup held Sept. 22-30 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, she also became the first person in women's FIBA World Cup history to win a gold medal as a player, assistant coach and head coach.

The finish also qualified the U.S. women for the 2020 Olympic Games.

"For me, this award is a recognition of the people who helped me get my name on the trophy, the staff that was dedicated to winning the gold medal," Staley said. "That's my main focus. Not the awards and such, but my main focus is when we suit up for USA Basketball with gold on the line, we win gold or it's a failure."

This is the second such honor for Staley, who shared the award with Sean Miller in 2015. Staley is the only person in USA Basketball history to have earned both the USA Basketball Athlete of the Year (1994 and 2004) and National Coach of the Year awards.

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