DEMATHA HS. HEAD COACH MIKE JONES NAMED 2013 NIKE HOOPS SUMMIT HEAD COACH

DEMATHA HS. HEAD COACH

MIKE JONES

NAMED 2013 NIKE HOOPS SUMMIT

 HEAD COACH

DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

"I think first and foremost, looking at so much international basketball experience on this team, with the guys having played on the last U16, U17 and U18 teams, their familiarity with the international game is really going to be a benefit to us, and then so many of the guys actually having played with each other will be a benefit to us as well." said USA head coach Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.), who was an assistant coach in last year's Nike Hoop Summit, which saw the world team top the USA 84-75. "I learned a lot last year. I know our guys will be able to look at the World Team roster and recognize some of the players and have respect for their talent. We are going to be focused on making sure the USA wins. We don't want to lose two in a row."
 
Jones also served as an assistant coach for the 2011-12 USA Basketball Men's Developmental National Team, helping the USA to gold at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, as well as assisting the East Team to a bronze medal at the 2004 USA Basketball Men's Youth Development Festival.
 
Assisting Jones on the U.S. sideline will be former NBA player and University of Virginia star Cory Alexander Oak Hill Academy graduate ( Boo Williams AAU, Va ), who played on three USA Basketball teams. He earned a gold medal with the USA at the 1993 FIBA U21 World Championship, a silver medal at the 1992 FIBA Americas U20 Championship and a bronze medal with the South Team at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival.