UW coach Mike Hopkins named assistant for USA U19 World Cup team
Washington Huskies men's basketball coach Mike Hopkins will be coaching some of America's top teenage hoopers this summer, as he was named an assistant for the Team USA U19 team this week.
Hopkins will join fellow assistant LeVelle Moton (North Carolina-Central) and head coach Bruce Weber (Kansas State) at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. next month to select the 12-member squad for the FIBA U19 World Cup in Greece.
"It's an honor to be named one of the coaches for the USA U19 team and have the opportunity to coach alongside coach Weber and coach Moton," Hopkins said in a press release. "There's nothing greater than representing your country and having the chance to once again be involved is just going to be a great experience."
It will mark Hopkins' latest coaching stint with USA basketball. He was an assistant for the senior men's national team from 2008-16 -- including at the '10 and '14 FIBA World Cups, and the '12 and '16 Olympics.
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