Evansville's Chris Lowery, the head coach at Southern Illinois, and Purdue University's Matt Painter have been named to the coaching staff for the under-19 USA Basketball team that will compete in the World Championships this summer.
They will assist Pitt's Jamie Dixon, who was selected as head coach by the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee.
"This is an exceptional young coaching staff," said Jim Boeheim, who chaired the committee.
"Matt (Painter) has done a great job at Purdue retooling that program and what Chris (Lowery) has done is remarkable. Jamie Dixon has won more games in the Big East Conference than anybody in his first few years of coaching."
"They're young guys who have had a lot of success and I just think it's really a tremendous coaching staff."
Lowery, a Harrison High School graduate who played at SIU, said it was an honor to coach a USA age-group national team, but that he also going to treat the experience like a coaching seminar.
"It's an opportunity to work with some of the best coaches in America and pick their brains and see how they do things," Lowery said. "It's also a chance to see kids in other countries and the style they play."
Added Painter: "Any time you get the opportunity to represent your country, it's a tremendous honor. It's very humbling to be selected to work with USA Basketball.
"I'm also excited to get the opportunity to work with Coach Dixon and Coach Lowery, two coaches for whom I have tremendous respect."
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