12/11/2021 10:05 am | UPDATED ON 12/11/2021 AT 11:20 a.m.
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As expected, Team USA’s new coach will be Steve Kerr. The Golden State coach, who was part of the staff of Gregg Popovich during the Tokyo Games, takes over on the American bench of “Pop”, who left after his team’s Olympic title in Japan.
Steve Kerr mounts and grades. In Tokyo, during the Olympic Games, this summer in Japan, the Golden State coach was one of Greg Popovich’s assistants on the American bench. Since Friday, he is officially the new coach of Team USA. Huge favorite to take over at the head of Team USA of “Pop”, who decided at 72 to turn the page after this new gold medal for the United States, Kerr benefited from the favors of the American selection and new Team USA manager Grant Hill, who had made the former Chicago Bulls player his first choice as soon as he knew that the Tokyo Games would be the last for Popovich, who had reached the end of his contract. Without citing the name of the coach of the Warriors, Hill had recently described the profile of the successor of the former mentor of Tony Parker in San Antonio, and everyone had recognized Steve Kerr before the hour.
Kerr arrives with prestigious assistants
“It will be someone who understands and respects the international game (…) You have to be able to be tough with the players and supervise them. It will be someone who knows how to manage a locker room, who understands the international game, who obviously knows how to coach and who understands that it is not a whole. »All that remained was to convince the native of Beirut (Lebanon) to accept this post which enabled him to gain prominence. Obviously, Kerr didn’t hesitate for a second. He therefore takes over from the one he had become close to over the years and alongside whom he has learned a lot. As an assistant, the former NBA back becomes coach of Team USA. ESPN immediately announced that Kerr arrives with Monty Williams (Suns), Erik Spoelstra (Heat) and Mark Few (Gonzaga) in his suitcases to support him on the bench of the American selection. The four men will have the particular task of climbing on the highest step of the podium of the 2023 World Cup and then of the Paris Olympics the following year.
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