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Jennie Baranczyk named assistant coach for USA Women’s AmeriCup Team

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Coach Jennie Baranczyk during Oklahoma practice at NCAA Women's basketball first round at the Lloyd Noble Center on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma Friday, March 21, 2025.

OU women’s basketball coach Jennie Baranczyk was named an assistant coach for the USA Women’s AmeriCup Team on Tuesday.

Duke coach Kara Lawson was named the head coach for the team, while Old Dominion coach DeLisha Milton-Jones and Baranczyk will be assistants. The three coaches were chosen by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee.

“The goal is to put together a competitive team, one that represents all the standards that we hold dear to us,” Lawson said. “The number one standard being excellence. I’m eagerly anticipating the journey together as we chase another gold medal for the United States.”

This will be Baranczyk’s first USA Basketball assistant coaching assignment since having been a court coach for the 2023 and 2017 USA Women’s U19 National Team Trials. Baranczyk just finished her fourth season at Oklahoma, leading the Sooners to a 27-8 record. She also helped OU reach the NCAA Tournament for a fourth consecutive year, reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013.

“I love this team, I love coaching this team,” Baranczyk said after making the Sweet 16. “I love the lessons that we continue to learn. And they’ve been hard lessons and it’s not always sunshine and rainbows. But that’s what makes it so beautiful and amazing, and they test you every day. And we all mess up. We all get up and keep going.”

There’s a lot of momentum for Baranczyk and the women’s basketball program. Her role now with USA basketball should only continue into the offseason. For more details on the 2025 AmeriCup, read below.

From the press release: In addition to the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico and Puerto Rico will participate in the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup. As previously announced by FIBA, the USA will open Group B with contests against Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico.

The 2025 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team will be announced following trials in June in Colorado Springs. For more information about the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup, click here. 

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