“USA Basketball is an outstanding leader in the international basketball community and I am honored to be recognized by the organization,” Krzyzewski said. “Of course, it is on behalf of my assistant coaches, players and staff that I accept such an honor. Obviously, no coach can take full credit for a team’s success, and I am blessed to have many of the world’s best basketball players and an incredibly knowledgeable, dedicated and hard-working staff. Coaching this team has been a joy, I look forward to fielding a team that again in 2008 that will make all Americans very proud.”

“I am thrilled to receive the USA Basketball co-Coach of the Year Award,” Donovan said. “Working with so many fine athletes through the year in our training process has been rewarding and very enjoyable. I humbly receive this recognition on behalf of our formidable coaching staff. Mike Thibault, Gail Goestenkors and Dawn Staley are an amazing group of coaches, and more importantly, people to work with.”

Krzyzewski led the 2007 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas, Nev., to a sparkling 10-0 record, the gold medal and to one of the FIBA Americas zone's two qualifying berths for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Under Donovan the 2007 USA Women’s National Team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Valdivia, Chile, finished with a perfect 5-0 record to win gold and capture the lone FIBA Americas zone's qualifying berth for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“Thanks to the leadership and commitment of both Mike and Anne, USA Basketball posted tremendous performances at their respective FIBA Americas Championship,” said USA Basketball Executive Director Jim Tooley.

Selected by the USA Basketball Executive Committee as the co-recipients of the National Coach of the Year award, Donovan and Krzyzewski are now eligible for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s 2007 National Coach of the Year Award, which is expected to be announced in the spring of 2008.

“With Mike at the helm, the USA Basketball Senior National Team continued to make outstanding progression. Our team in 2007 was older and had several different players and Mike and his assistant coaches managed to quickly bring these players together to play spectacularly, and to do so unselfishly and as a very cohesive team,” said USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo. “The result of Mike’s efforts was a team that played at the top of its game every night. Under Coach the USA team has made significant strides over the course of its training and competitions and has done so in a manner that has continued to get positive recognition from opponents and fans alike.”

“I want to congratulate Coach K for being selected for this award,” said Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets), the 2007 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year and member of the USA Senior National Team. “It was an honor and pleasure to play for him this past summer, and I look forward to a similar experience in Beijing.”

“Anne Donovan is very deserving of this honor. Despite missing some key players due to the WNBA Finals, Anne was able to get the USA National Team well-prepared to win the gold medal and the lone Olympic berth at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship,” said Reneé Brown, Chair of the USA Basketball Women’s Senior National Team Committee. “Anne has been able to blend young players with veterans and did an excellent job this past year in various other competitions building a foundation as the USA looks to defend its Olympic gold medal this summer in Beijing.”

“I think Coach Donovan, who has so much experience as a player and coach, not only knows what it takes to be successful at the international level, she knows how to connect with her players,” said Katie Smith (Detroit Shock), a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2000 and 2004) and women’s national team member. “She understands the significance of representing your country through sport, and she is very deserving of this recognition.”

USA Basketball’s Coach of the Year award was established in 1996 to recognize a USA Basketball head coach who, during the year of the award, made significant impact on the success of individual athlete and team performance at the highest level of competition.

Krzyzewski was also the recipient of the award in 2006 and by earning the award again in 2007, becomes one of three individuals to garner the award twice. Other USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award winners include Gail Goestenkors (2005); Van Chancellor (2004, 2002); Larry Brown (2003, 1999); Jim Boeheim (2001); Nell Fortner; Clem Haskins (1998); Mo McHone (1997); and Tara VanDerveer (1996).

Anne Donovan

With nearly three decades of USA Basketball experience under her belt, in 2007, Donovan led the USA Women’s National Team to an overall 19-0 record, including a 5-0 mark to win the FIBA Americas Championship and qualify the U.S. for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As a USA Basketball player, assistant coach and head coach, Donovan now owns 11 gold medals, four silver medals, one bronze and two additional tournament titles.

Donovan began the national team’s 2007 training with four victories in an April Tour of Italy. The USA women recorded a 77-47 win over the Italian National Team on April 11; a 72-49 victory over Phard Napoli on April 12; an 82-42 toppling of Viterbo on April 16; and an 81-41 trouncing of the Pomexia All-Stars on April 17.

The USA’s Tour of Italy roster listed Alana Beard (Washington Mystics); Sue Bird (Seattle Storm); Swin Cash (Detroit Shock); Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever); Jessica Davenport (New York Liberty); Katie Douglas (Connecticut Sun); Sylvia Fowles (Louisiana State University); Lindsey Harding (Minnesota Lynx); Taj McWilliams-Franklin (Los Angeles Sparks); Courtney Paris (University of Oklahoma); Katie Smith; Michelle Snow (Houston Comets); Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury); and Tina Thompson (Houston Comets).

Donovan and the USA culminated two weeks of training camp in early September with two wins over the Australian National Team, including a 96-64 blowout in Trenton, N.J., on Sept. 16, and a narrow 70-66 victory in Uncasville, Conn., on Sept. 19.

The USA roster for the exhibitions consisted of: Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx); Beard; Bird; Rebekkah Brunson (Sacramento Monarchs); Davenport: Fowles; Asjha Jones (Connecticut Sun); Kara Lawson (Sacramento Monarchs); DeLisha Milton-Jones (Washington Mystics); Paris; Candace Parker (University of Tennessee); Thompson; and Candice Wiggins (Stanford University).

Next, Donovan led the American women to Valdivia, Chile, for the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship. Dominating the competition with five wins in five days, including two victories over rival Cuba, the USA ranked first or tied for first in 15 of 19 statistical categories, averaged 98.0 ppg. and held opponents to 57.4 ppg. The 2007 squad set 10 new USA team records for Olympic qualifying action, including five single-game and five competition marks, while USA players set four individual records.

The 2007 USA Women’s FIBA Americas Championship Team included: Augustus; Bird; Brunson; Cash; Lawson; Milton-Jones; Paris; Parker; Cappie Pondexter (Phoenix Mercury); Smith; Taurasi; and Thompson.

As the USA Women’s National Team took a break from training, Donovan coached a USA Select Team that traveled to Russia in October for the 2007 FIBA World League Tournament. Quickly blending a roster compiled of National Team members and other players, the Donovan-led squad posted a 3-2 mark and finished with the silver medal. Crushing the Canberra Capitals 93-49 on Oct. 22, the USA fell 79-76 to TEO Vilnius on Oct. 23, topped CSKA Moscow 81-72 on Oct. 24, recorded a 97-79 victory over UMMC Ekaterinburg on Oct. 26 before falling in the tournament’s gold medal contest 75-65 to CSKA Moscow on Oct. 27.

The USA National Team capped its 2007 training with an eight-game, coast-to-coast College Tour that stretched Oct. 31 to Nov. 15. In posting a perfect 8-0 record, the red, white and blue averaged a 26.8 point margin of victory as the USA women recorded wins over then No. 4 Maryland (90-73), No. 2 Connecticut (90-74), No. 1 Tennessee (83-72), No. 15 Baylor (82-56), No. 12 Arizona State (82-48), No. 11 Texas A&M (75-24), Southern California (88-64) and No. 5 Stanford (97-62).

The USA’s College Tour roster was comprised of Augustus, Bird, Kara Braxton (Detroit Shock), Cash, Katie Feenstra (Detroit Shock); Lawson; Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles Sparks); McWilliams-Franklin; Loree Moore (New York Liberty); and Taurasi.

Announced as the 2006-08 USA Women’s National Team head coach on Jan. 12, 2006, Donovan in 2007 was again assisted by Gail Goestenkors of the University of Texas, Dawn Staley of Temple University and Mike Thibault of the Connecticut Sun.

The 2007-08 USA Women’s National Team roster also includes: Cheryl Ford (Detroit Shock); Janel McCarville (New York Liberty); Sheryl Swoopes (Houston Comets); and Lindsay Whalen (Connecticut Sun).

Since her first coaching assignment in 1997, USA Basketball teams with Donovan on the sidelines have racked up an impressive 115-8 record for a sterling 93.5 winning percentage. In addition to her 2007 accomplishments, Donovan directed the USA to an 8-1 record and bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and an overall 11-1 tally during the team’s training, including the tournament title at the 2006 Opals World Challenge.

As an assistant coach, she has collected a 75-4 record (94.9 winning percentage) and helped the USA to gold medals at the 2004 Olympics, the 1998 and 2002 FIBA World Championships, as well as the 2002 Opals World Challenge title, a silver medal at the 1997 World Championship Qualifier and 12-1 exhibition records in both 1997 and 1998.

Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999, Donovan as a player on a remarkable 11 USA Basketball teams and is one of the most decorated players in USA Basketball history. A three-time Olympian as a player, she won gold as a member of the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic Teams (she was also a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team which did not compete in the Olympics), 1987 Pan American Games Team, 1986 World Championship Team, 1983 Pan American Games Team and the 1978 and 1979 U.S. Olympic Festival East Team. Additionally, she won silver medals at the 1983 World Championship and 1981 World University Games, and helped the USA place fifth in the 1977 R. William Jones Cup.

Mike Krzyzewski

Krzyzewski’s selection for USA Basketball coaching award is his second consecutive such honor. He also was named the 2006 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year after leading the USA to an 8-1 record and bronze medal in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and to a 5-0 mark in pre-World Championship games.

The 2007 USA Men’s Senior National Team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas, Nev., finished 10-0 to win gold and capture one of the FIBA Americas zone's two qualifying berths for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In winning 10 games in 12 days, the USA averaged 116.7 points per game, the most by a USA men's senior national team since 1994 USA World Championship Team averaged 120.1 points per game. The USA also defeated its opponents by an average of 39.5 points per game, the largest margin of victory by a USA senior squad since the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team defeated its opponents by 43.8 points a contest.

The USA led the FIBA Americas Championship overall team statistical rankings in 13 of the 17 categories. The USA shot 58.7 percent from the field, 47.0 percent from 3-point and 72.0 percent from the foul line. The USA men averaged 59.7 points by halftime of its games and its average lead at halftime was 23.0 points. Unselfish on the court, an astounding 61.7 percent of Coach K’s squad's made field goals were assisted on.

The 2007 squad rewrote eight USA team records for Olympic qualifying action and added a pair of single game marks, while USA players wrote themselves into eight single game records and four competition records.

The USA men’s program culminated its July 20-22 mini-training camp with the 2007 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge, which featured 17 players from the Men's Senior National Team divided into Blue and White teams in a nationally televised contest. USA Blue earned a 105-104 win in front of 15,321 fans in Las Vegas, thanks to a Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) jumper with just six seconds showing on the clock.

Krzyzewski was assisted in 2007 by Syracuse University’s Jim Boeheim, Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D’Antoni and Portland Trailblazers head coach Nate McMillan.

The 2007 USA Men’s FIBA Americas Championship Team included: Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets); Chauncey Billups (Detroit Pistons); Bryant; Tyson Chandler (New Orleans Hornets); Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic); LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers); Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets); Mike Miller (Memphis Grizzlies); Tayshaun Prince (Detroit Pistons); Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks); Amaré Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns); and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz).

Also listed on the 2006-08 USA Men’s Senior National Team roster are: Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards); Shane Battier (Houston Rockets); Carlos Boozer (Utah Jazz); Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors); Bruce Bowen (San Antonio Spurs); Elton Brand (Los Angeles Clippers); Nick Collison (Seattle SuperSonics); Kevin Durant (Seattle SuperSonics); Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls); Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards); Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks); Shawn Marion (Phoenix Suns); Brad Miller (Sacramento Kings); Adam Morrison (Charlotte Bobcats); Greg Oden (Portland Trail Blazers); Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers); Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets); Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics); J.J. Redick (Orlando Magic); Luke Ridnour (Seattle SuperSonics); and Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat).

Krzyzewski was announced as the 2006-08 USA Men’s Senior National Team head coach on Oct. 28, 2005, and has been a USA head or assistant coach for 11 international competitions, tallying a 73-7 overall record for a 91.3 winning percentage. Overall, he has six gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals to his credit.

A head coach of six USA Basketball teams, in addition to his 2007 gold medal, Krzyzewski has led USA Basketball teams to a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship; a bronze medal at the 1990 FIBA World Championship; a silver medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games, a silver medal at the 1987 World University Games; and he directed the USA South Team to a gold medal at the 1983 U.S. Olympic Festival.

As an assistant coach, Krzyzewski helped the USA to gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics, the 1992 U.S. Olympic Qualifying Team and the 1979 Pan American Games Team.