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Longtime U.S. women’s basketball team director Carol Callan stepping down after Tokyo

USA Basketball women’s national team director Carol Callan will step down after the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her role as the president of FIBA Americas.

Callan has been with the national team since 1995 and has worked behind the scenes to help the U.S. win six consecutive Olympic gold medals. She was the person who made the call to players to let them know if they made a USA Basketball team. Callan also was in charge of the logistics whenever a team would travel to a tournament or training camp.

Callan said she has been talking with USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley for several years about stepping down.