The trio of assistant coaches – DePaul University’s Doug Bruno, Olympic gold medalist and Washington Mystics assistant coach Jennifer Gillom and Atlanta Dream head coach Marynell Meadors – who served as assistants for the 2010 USA World Championship Team that captured gold and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games, will return this summer as assistants for USA head coach Geno Auriemma (University of Connecticut) and the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. The selections, made by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Steering Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors, are pending approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

“The fact that Doug, Jen and Marynell and I got to spend time working together at the World Championship certainly is a huge help because we were successful,” said Hall of Famer Auriemma. “We worked very well together. The coaches and players responded very well to each other. It’s just going to be an extension of all the work we did leading up to the World Championship. I’m thrilled that we were able to keep the staff together. I know how much it means to Doug, Marynell and Jen, and I know they look forward, as I do, to winning a gold medal in London.”

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