USA Women’s Basketball recently announced the selection of Joni Taylor as a member of their staff, serving as an assistant coach for the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup. Taylor will coach under head coach, Cheryl Reeve, head coach of the Minnesota Lynx, and work with two other assistant coaches – Mike Thibault, head coach of the Washington Mystics, and Kara Lawson, head coach of Duke University.
This will be coach Taylor’s fifth Team USA assignment to date, serving most recently as the head coach of the 2022 USA Women’s U18 National Team that won gold at the 2022 FIBA U18 Women’s Americas Championship. Taylor will look to earn a second gold medal within a four-month span.
The 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup will take place in Sydney, Australia from September 22nd to October 1st. For Team USA’s full schedule, click here.
That’s our coach 🥹🇺🇸
The Women’s National Team’s newest assistant coach! Bring home some more gold🥇#GigEm | @usabasketball pic.twitter.com/vy6lYQUJzp
— Texas A&M Women's Basketball (@AggieWBB) July 28, 2022
Championship Pedigree.
We welcome @karalawson20, @CoachJoniTaylor & @coachthibault as 🇺🇸 #USABWNT assistant coaches for the @FIBAWWC 👏
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 28, 2022
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