Jerry Colangelo won’t seek a third term as chairman of USA Basketball, instead focusing on his role as managing director of the men’s national team program.
Colangelo said Thursday that he will concentrate on the transition from coach Mike Krzyzewski to Gregg Popovich and building the player pool for the competition cycle through the 2020 Olympics.
He is the only person to serve two terms as chairman. USA Basketball’s board of directors will elect a new chairman at its annual meeting on Nov. 14.
“Given the coaching change and the challenge of assembling a group of players for (the International Basketball Federation’s) new competition schedule, this is a good time to devote my full attention to the men’s national team,” Colangelo said in a news release.