USA Basketball announced today the 2024 USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team coaching staffs. Leading the 2024 USA Women’s U18 National Team is Teri Moren (Indiana University) who will be assisted by Niele Ivey (University of Notre Dame) and Jose Fernandez (University of South Florida).
Moren, Ivey and Fernandez will lead the USA at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup June 17-23 (location TBA by FIBA Americas at a later date). The USA will look to capture its 11th-straight gold medal and 12th overall since the tournament’s inception in 1988.
“I am grateful to be chosen as the head coach of the 2024 U18 National Team,” Moren said. “It is an honor and humbling experience anytime you are asked to be a part of USA Basketball and represent your country. I look forward to leading some of the very best young players in the country and work alongside some excellent colleagues in pursuit of a gold medal this summer.”
Moren will make her head coaching debut with USA Basketball after capturing gold as an assistant coach at the 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup and 2022 FIBA U18 Women’s Americas Championship. She is in her 10th season as the head coach of the Hoosiers. The Indiana native is the program’s all-time winningest coach while leading them to five NCAA Tournament appearances, two Sweet 16’s and an Elite Eight appearance along with nine consecutive 20-win seasons. In 2023, she guided the program to its first regular season Big Ten championship in 40 years and took Big Ten Coach of the Year honors for the second time in her career.
Ivey is in her fourth season at the helm for the Fighting Irish. She has accumulated a 82-31 record and led the team to back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 2022 and 2023. She was named 2023 ACC Coach of the Year after steering Notre Dame to its first ACC regular season championship since 2019. Prior, she served as an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2019-20 season and Notre Dame from 2007 to 2019. She is set to make her USA Basketball assistant coaching debut after serving as a court coach at the 2023 USA Women’s U19 National Team trials.
Fernandez has carved out a 24-year head coaching career at South Florida with multiple accolades. He is the program’s all-time winningest coach, has claimed American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors twice in 2018 and 2021, and has led the Bulls to nine NCAA Tournament appearances, eight of which have come over the past 11 seasons. He returns to USA Basketball to make his assistant coaching debut after serving as a court coach for the 2018 USA Women’s U18 National Team trials.
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