USA Basketball spoke with two-time gold medalist head coach Sue Phillips to get her insight and perspective on coaching.

Following perfect records and gold medals at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championships for men and women, USA Basketball today announced Sue Phillips (Archbishop Mitty H.S., Calif.), head coach of the USA U16 women, and Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S., Iowa), head mentor for the USA U16 men,...

Sue Phillips has been at the helm of some celebrated teams in her tenure with USA Basketball, but the 2013 Women’s U16 Junior National Team that won the FIBA Americas U16 Championship ranks among the best. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of that championship tournament run, that team and gold medal was Phillips’s first of many with USA Basketball.

In the wake of leading USA Basketball to perfect records and gold medals at the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championships, USA head coaches Sue Phillips and Don Showalter were named as the 2014 USA Basketball Co-Developmental Coaches of the Year.

• Coach Phillips: Making Positive Impact • VIDEO: Rewarding Hustle Sue Phillips, who led the USA Basketball Women’s U17 National Team to gold at the 2014 FIBA World Championship in the Czech Republic in July, is entering her 22nd season as head coach of the girls basketball team at...