In addition to his experience with UNC Charlotte and USA Basketball, Baldwin was also a court coach at the inaugural WNBA tryouts. Four year Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson comes to USA Basketball for the fourth time in her coaching career as an assistant coach for the Women's Junior National Team. Patterson was an assistant coach for the gold medal winning 1998 Women's World Championship Team and served the same role on the gold medal winning 1997 Women's World University Games Team. Patterson also assisted U.S. Women's National Team head coach Nell Fortner on the 1997 Women's Senior National Team that won the gold medal at the 1997 USA Basketball International Invitational Tournament. I am looking forward to the privilege and challenge of assisting Geno in the United States' quest to qualify for participation in the Junior World Championship of 2001.
International competition is like no other experience in the game.
The opportunities I have had to represent and work for USA Basketball involve some of the most significant highlights of my professional career. We will work as hard as possible to prepare this team for qualification and ultimately the gold. After leading the Wildcats to the 1997 NCAA Tournament, Patterson was named the Women's College Basketball Coach of the Year by the Kansas Basketball Coaches' Association. Prior to taking over at Kansas State, Patterson spent 10 years as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt. Inc. USA Basketball is responsible for the editorial content for its own data only.