Mike Boynton Named USA Basketball U18 Assistant Coach

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton has been named an assistant coach for the USA Basketball U18 team this summer.

It was announced by USA Basketball Friday morning.

This will be Boynton’s second stint with USA Basketball as he was a court coach for the 2021 U19 team training camp last summer. That team went on to win gold at the FIBA U19 World Cup.

He’ll be coaching under head coach Tad Boyle, who’s currently the head coach at the University of Colorado. Along side Boynton as the second assistant coach will be Leon Rice, the head coach at Boise State.

The three court coaches during training camp will be Matt Langel of Colgate, Rob Lanier of SMU and Tommy Lloyd of Arizona.

“Working with this coaching staff is an opportunity for me to grow professionally, and for us to grow professionally together,” Boyle said in the release. “That's what is great about these kinds of experiences. I've had two of them previously with John Calipari and Danny Manning and Mark Few and Mike Brown. So having the opportunity to learn and grow with Leon and Mike is something that I look forward to as well.”

During his first five seasons in Stillwater, Boynton has compiled 87 wins, including 39 coming in Big 12 play.

According to the release put out by USA Basketball, a fact I was unaware of, Oklahoma State has finished in the top five of the Big 12 in back-to-back seasons, marking the first time that’s happened for the Pokes since 2005.