Home Virginia’s Agugua-Hamilton named to USA Basketball U18 Trials coaching staff
Sports

Virginia’s Agugua-Hamilton named to USA Basketball U18 Trials coaching staff

Contributors
Amaka Agugua-Hamilton
Virginia women’s basketball coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton and athletics director Carla Williams. Photo by Scott German.

Virginia head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton will be one of two court coaches during the May 31-June 4 trials the 2022 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team.

The trial will be held at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Agugua-Hamilton and Villanova’s Denise Dillon will be tasked with aiding the coaching staff in on-court skills and drills and scrimmages.

This is Agugua-Hamilton’s first USA Basketball coaching assignment.

“I am extremely blessed, honored, and humbled,” Agugua-Hamilton said. “USA Basketball is synonymous with greatness in my opinion. To be selected and recognized by the committee as someone fit to be a part of the USA Basketball Family is nothing short of amazing. I am very thankful and appreciative of the opportunity.”

A now-biennial event launched in 1988 and open to athletes 18 years old or younger, the FIBA Americas U18 Championship features eight national teams from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. The USA Basketball women claimed 10-straight gold medals from 2000-2018, as well as in 1988, and silver medals in 1992 and 1996. USA Basketball is 59-2 in FIBA Americas U18 Championship action.

Marketplace




Support AFP



Contributors

Contributors

Have a guest column, letter to the editor, story idea or a news tip? Email editor Chris Graham at [email protected]. Subscribe to AFP podcasts on Apple PodcastsSpotifyPandora and YouTube.

Latest News

how lenders evaluate mortgage applicants
Local News

Waynesboro: The politics that might kill a needed affordable-housing project

jacob rodriguez uva football
Football

UVA Football: Former ‘Hoo Jacob Rodriguez named Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year

UVA Football fans, squinting hard, might remember a guy named Jacob Rodriguez, who was one of Robert Anae’s swiss-army knife QBs as a true freshman in 2021, getting 182 snaps, mostly in the backfield and at receiver.

richmond flying squirrels
Baseball

Yard Goats top Flying Squirrels, 6-5, snapping Richmond’s 10-game winning streak

The Richmond Flying Squirrels stranded 14 baserunners, leaving the bases loaded three times, in a 6-5 loss on Thursday to the Hartford Yard Goats, snapping the Squirrels’ 10-game winning streak.

baseball
Baseball

MLB Today: Nats beat Pirates in 10; O’s avoid being no-hit, lose 4-2

aj gracia uva baseball
Baseball

UVA Baseball: #9 ‘Hoos open weekend series with 6-4 win over Clemson

manny diaz duke
Football

Manny Diaz signs extension at Duke: No money details, but it goes through 2031

ryan odom uva basketball
Basketball

UVA Basketball fans think the sky is falling: It’s not, but we all have to cope