Wisconsin head basketball coach, Bo Ryan, was chosen to be the head coach for the 2009 World University Games Team by USA Basketball. Purdue head basketball coach, Matt Painter, was chosen to be one of two assistant coaches for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Team by USA Basketball. Painter was one of ten finalists for the 2009 Henry Iba Award as named by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. "Forbes" named Ryan and Tom Izzo as two of the top ten coaches.