Former U.S. women's basketball head coach Fortner takes over Canada's senior squad

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Longtime NCAA, WNBA and planetary manager Nell Fortner has been named caput manager of Canada's elder women's nationalist team, Canada Basketball announced Monday.

Mississippi native, 66, guided American squad to Olympic golden successful 2000

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· Posted: May 05, 2025 2:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Nell Fortner, caput manager of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's hoops team, gives instructions to Ariadna Termis against the Louisville Cardinals astatine KFC YUM! Center connected January 12, 2025 successful Louisville, Kentucky.

Nell Fortner has been named caput manager of Canada's elder women's nationalist team, Canada Basketball announced Monday.

The longtime NCAA, WNBA and planetary manager takes implicit from Victor Lapeña arsenic the programme looks to rebound from a winless showing astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Fortner guided the United States to golden astatine the 1998 FIBA World Championship and the 2000 Olympic Games successful Sydney, compiling a 101-14 planetary record.

The 66-year-old from Jackson, Miss., astir precocious spent six seasons astatine Georgia Tech, starring the Yellow Jackets to 3 NCAA tourney appearances earlier announcing her status earlier this year.

Her hiring comes arsenic 25 players perpetrate to the nationalist squad done the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Canada finished 4th astatine the 2022 tourney and is turning to a younger halfway pursuing the status of respective veterans.

The squad volition vie astatine this summer's FIBA AmeriCup and clasp a grooming campy successful Victoria this fall.

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