USA - Annual U.S. Olympic committee coaching honors

COLORADO SPRINGS (U.S. Olympic committee coaching honors) - The United States Olympic Committee today announced the finalists for its National, Developmental and Volunteer Coach of the Year honors and USA Basketball placed two highly respected coaches among the top five in its National and Volunteer categories.

2005 USA Basketball Women's U19 Team and Duke University (N.C.) head coach Gail Goestenkors and 2005 USA Women's Youth Development Festival clinician Don Casey (El Cajon, Calif.), a former collegiate and NBA head coach, have been selected as one of five finalists for the USOC National and Volunteer Coach of the Year honors, respectively.
 
The awards will be presented on June 23 during the Night of Champions event at the U.S. Olympic Assembly in La Jolla, Calif.

U.S. Olympic and Pan American sports organizations selected their 2005 National, Developmental and Volunteer Coaches of the Year as part of the USOC Coach of the Year Recognition Program.

The five finalists in each category were selected by a panel of former coaches and officials.

Winners in each category will be announced at the June 23 Night of Champions event.

Goestenkors is one of five finalists for the USOC National Coach of the Year. The additional finalists include Mike Candrea (Tucson, Ariz./USA Softball), David Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo./USA Shooting), Bobby Kersee (Ballwin, Mo./USA Track & Field) and Eddie Reese (Austin, Texas/USA Swimming).

In addition to Casey, finalists for the title of Volunteer Coach of the Year are Cindi Hart (Indianapolis, Ind./U.S. Speedskating), James Johnson (Scottsdale, Ariz./USA Hockey), Tommy Orndorff (Vienna, Va./USA Softball) and Daniel Rutenberg (Frisco, Texas/USA Table Tennis).

The Developmental Coach of the Year finalists are Jay Benner (Tacoma, Wash./USA Swimming, Susan Butz-Stavin (Fleetwood, Pa./U.S. Field Hockey), Tammy Gambill (Redlands, Calif./U.S. Figure Skating), Jimmy Jang (Marquette, Mich./U.S. Speedskating) and Maureen O'Toole Purcell (Danville, Calif./USA Water Polo). More...
 
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