University of North Texas Athletics
McCasland Named Court Coach For Team USA U19
6/16/2021 12:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — – The 2021 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team training camp will feature three court coaches to assist the USA U19 coaching staff and North Texas men's basketball head coach Grant McCasland has been selected.
All three coaches — McCasland, Mike Boynton Jr. (Oklahoma State) and Pat Skerry (Towson) — will be participating with USA Basketball for the first time. Training camp to select the 12-member USA U19 World Cup Team will be held June 20-27 at TCU. The three court coaches will assist the USA U19 coaching staff, led by head coach Jamie Dixon (TCU) and assistant coaches Jerod Haase (Stanford University) and James Jones (Yale University), with on-court drills and scrimmages.
Twenty-six athletes have accepted invitations to attend the 2021 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team training camp. The athletes, age 19 years old or younger, will compete June 20-27 at TCU in hopes of being named to the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup for Men.
McCasland concluded in 2020-21 his fourth season as head coach for the University of North Texas. In his four years at UNT, he has compiled an overall record of 79-51 (.608 winning percentage) and has led the Mean Green to its first NCAA tournament win in 2021, two Conference USA titles and the team's highest national ranking ever.
Earning the program's fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament and its first since 2010, North Texas in 2020-21 earned its highest-ever seeding in a NCAA Tournament (13) and its overtime victory over nationally ranked Purdue was its first AP Top 25 win since 1972. UNT earned the bid into the NCAA Tournament after grabbing the 2021 Conference USA Tournament championship. Finishing the 2019-20 season with a 20-11 record, McCasland became the first UNT coach since 1978 to begin his Mean Green coaching career with three straight 20-win seasons. Leading North Texas to the 2020 C-USA regular season title and the No. 1 seed for the 2020 C-USA Tournament, the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, he was named the 2020 Conference USA Coach of the Year.
All three coaches — McCasland, Mike Boynton Jr. (Oklahoma State) and Pat Skerry (Towson) — will be participating with USA Basketball for the first time. Training camp to select the 12-member USA U19 World Cup Team will be held June 20-27 at TCU. The three court coaches will assist the USA U19 coaching staff, led by head coach Jamie Dixon (TCU) and assistant coaches Jerod Haase (Stanford University) and James Jones (Yale University), with on-court drills and scrimmages.
Twenty-six athletes have accepted invitations to attend the 2021 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team training camp. The athletes, age 19 years old or younger, will compete June 20-27 at TCU in hopes of being named to the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup for Men.
McCasland concluded in 2020-21 his fourth season as head coach for the University of North Texas. In his four years at UNT, he has compiled an overall record of 79-51 (.608 winning percentage) and has led the Mean Green to its first NCAA tournament win in 2021, two Conference USA titles and the team's highest national ranking ever.
Earning the program's fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament and its first since 2010, North Texas in 2020-21 earned its highest-ever seeding in a NCAA Tournament (13) and its overtime victory over nationally ranked Purdue was its first AP Top 25 win since 1972. UNT earned the bid into the NCAA Tournament after grabbing the 2021 Conference USA Tournament championship. Finishing the 2019-20 season with a 20-11 record, McCasland became the first UNT coach since 1978 to begin his Mean Green coaching career with three straight 20-win seasons. Leading North Texas to the 2020 C-USA regular season title and the No. 1 seed for the 2020 C-USA Tournament, the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, he was named the 2020 Conference USA Coach of the Year.
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