Las Vegas Weekly

July 22, 2009 · 10:45 AM

Photo Gallery: Coach K returns for another round with U.S. Men’s Basketball

By Robin Leach

Team USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski and USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo made it official yesterday at a press conference at the Wynn that the 2006-08 USA Basketball Men’s National Team coaching staff of head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University) and assistants Jim Boeheim (Syracuse University), Mike D’Antoni (New York Knicks) and Nate McMillan (Portland Trailblazers) will be back!

The four-man crew led the American men to gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a three-year record of 36-1. Mike Krzyzewski's wife Mickie made the trip to Las Vegas for the media event and to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. They were married just four hours after Coach K graduated from West Point.

Our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was lens ready with a sharp focus for the official announcement.

The USA Basketball National Team Mini-Camp begins here tomorrow and is highlighted by Saturday’s showcase, a blue-white intra-squad game, starting at 8 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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