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...Delaney-Smith helped guide the USA Basketball Championships for Young Women team (7-1) to a gold medal in the inaugural FIBA World Championships for Young Women, held from July 25 to Aug. 3. It took roughly 38 hours of travel by plane, train and bus to reach the playing site in Sibenik, Croatia...
...change in scenery wasn’t the only thing new for Delaney-Smith, who was serving as an assistant coach for the first time in her career. Playing back-up to USA head coach Jim Foster was a shock in itself...
...trouble,” Delaney-Smith said. “I’ve never been an assistant my entire life, not at the high school level or any level, so it was quite funny...
...Delaney-Smith and Foster, who coaches at Ohio State, have a long friendship, sharing their experiences as coaches with each other. Each compliments the other’s professional abilities, with Foster adding that Delaney-Smith is “a terrific communicator” and “ego-less” before poking fun at her adjustment to being an assistant...
...Delaney-Smith had some time to become acclimated to her new role, since the USA team hosted a round of “friendlies” in Boston in July before heading to Croatia. Her husband and family members got in a few chuckles when she failed to fulfill her assistant coach’s duties early...