The Coaches of Team USA

After winning gold with his "Redeem Team" at the Beijing Games in 2008, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski was expected to hand the reins of Team USA to one of his assistants -- possibly Mike D'Antoni of the New York Knicks. But now it seems Coach K -- and his entire staff -- will return for the 2010 World Championships and the Olympic games London.

A win in London would tie Coach K with the legendary Hank Iba, who won Olympic Gold with Team USA in 1964 and 1968 -- and was robbed of a third when Russia won -- amidst massive controversy -- in 1972.

If you don't recognize some of the names on this list, don't be ashamed. In the early days of Olympic basketball, Team USA largely comprised of players and coaches from the top amateur teams in the country.

College coaches took over the job starting with Cal's Pete Newell in 1960 until 1992, when Chuck Daly, then coach of the Detroit Pistons, led the first squad of professionals -- the first "Dream Team" -- to Gold in Barcelona.

Krzyzewski was the first college coach to lead a team of professionals in the Olympics.

The Coaches of Team USA

	Coach	Team	Finish
1936	James Needles	Universal Pictures	Gold
1948	Omar Browning	Phillips 66ers	Gold
1952	Warren Womble	Peoria Caterpillars	Gold
1956	Gerald Tucker	Phillips 66ers	Gold
1960	Pete Newell	California	Gold
1964	Hank Iba	Oklahoma State	Gold
1968	Hank Iba	Oklahoma State	Gold
1972	Hank Iba	Oklahoma State	Silver
1976	Dean Smith	North Carolina	Gold
1984	Bob Knight	Indiana	Gold
1988	John Thompson	Georgetown	Bronze
1992	Chuck Daly	Detroit Pistons	Gold
1996	Lenny Wilkens	Atlanta Hawks	Gold
2000	Rudy Tomjanovich	Houston Rockets	Gold
2004	Larry Brown	Detroit Pistons	Bronze
2008	Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	Gold

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