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Jerry Colangelo

USA Basketball
 
Jerry Colangelo was named chairman of USA Basketball's Board of Directors for the 2009-2012 quadrennium on Nov. 12, 2008.
 
Colangelo first became involved in USA Basketball on April 27, 2005, when he was selected Managing Director of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program.
 
Colangelo developed a USA Senior National Team program that ultimately would include 33 top players and some of basketball's most respected coaches, including 2006-08 USA Basketball Senior National Team head coach and Duke University's Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski.

USA Basketball's Senior National Team program during the three-year period between 2006-08 compiled a striking 36-1 overall win-loss record and just as importantly reestablished the USA team as positive ambassadors for the United States and the sport.
 
The USA squad culminated the quadrennium by finishing 8-0 to reclaim the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the USA's first gold in a major international competition since 2000.
 
The USA Senior National Team also won the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship with a 10-0 record to qualify the U.S. men for the 2008 Olympic Games. In the program's first year, the U.S. captured the bronze medal with an 8-1 record at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.
 
Colangelo has been the face of the NBA Phoenix Suns franchise since their inaugural season in 1968. With the Suns, his roles have included general manager, head coach, president, managing general partner, chief executive officer and his current role as chairman. His 40-year tenure with one franchise is the longest in the NBA. Colangelo spent two seasons with the Chicago Bulls working as marketing director, scout and assistant to the president before moving to Phoenix to help start the expansion Suns.
 
Phoenix, entering the 2008-09 season, owns the NBA's fourth-best all-time regular season winning percentage with a 1814-1434 record and .558 winning percentage, trailing only the Los Angeles Lakers (.614/ 2905-1824), San Antonio Spurs (.598 / 1549-1043) and Boston Celtics (.591 / 2860-1979).
 
On two occasions Colangelo stepped in to coach the Suns, including the 1969-70 season when he guided the club to a 24-20 mark down the stretch and to its first playoff appearance. He also took over in 1972-73 and compiled a 35-40 mark. Overall, Colangelo is 59-60 as an NBA coach.
 
Colangelo's impact on the game of basketball has been so significant he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2004.
 
On Nov. 4, 2007, Colangelo became the 12th member of the Phoenix Suns' Ring of Fame, the club's most elite group that includes the likes of franchise greats Alvan Adams, Charles Barkley, Tom Chambers, Walter Davis, Cotton Fitzsimmons, Connie Hawkins, Kevin Johnson, Dan Majerle, Joe Proski, Dick Van Arsdale and Paul Westphal.
 
The Arizona Republic named him the Most Influential Sports Figure in the state of Arizona for the 20th century, and the Phoenix Business Journal regularly voted him among its
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