GBR – Finch’s GB job not in danger with move to USA

LONDON (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Great Britain coach Chris Finch has not put his position with the national team in jeopardy by leaving European basketball to lead the Houston Rockets' NBDL team, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
 
Finch signed a contract this year to coach Great Britain through the 2012 London Games.
 
The performance director of British Basketball, Chris Spice, said: "As far as we, British Basketball, are concerned it's business as usual with regards to Chris and his position as the head coach of Great Britain.
 
"We are working with him to see how his new job may alter the way we do things, but there is no doubt that it is possible for him to continue to be both a club and international coach, as he has done for the past three years.
 
"Chris has been a key part of the progress the GB men have made and we hope that this new chapter in his coaching career will in turn prove beneficial to British Basketball."
 
Finch was about to begin his third season as the coach of Dexia Mons-Hainaut in Belgium when the Rockets made their offer.
 
Britain, meanwhile, are hoping to receive a wild card to play at next year’s FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
 
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