Coaches serving in addition to Magnani will be Mike Anderson of the University of Missouri, John Beilein of the University of Michigan, Johnny Estelle of Navarro (Texas) Junior College, Mark Few of Gonzaga University and Herb Sendek of Arizona State University. Magnani is the only coach representing four-year schools below the NCAA Division I level, while Anderson, Beilein, Few and Sendek all coached teams that appeared in the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in March.

"I am definitely honored to have this opportunity to work with such a prestigious organization as USA Basketball, and I am looking forward to working with the best college basketball players in the country," said Magnani. "I would like to thank Jim Carr and Scott McClure from the NAIA, and Sean Ford from USA Basketball for this fantastic opportunity."

The 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men will be held July 2-12 in Auckland, New Zealand, featuring 16 national teams comprised of athletes 19-years-old or younger. Included in the field of nations are: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Spain, Syria and the USA.

The World University Games is a multi-sport competition organized by the International University Sports Federation and held every two years. The 2009 men's basketball competition will take place July 2-12 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Magnani, who is taking on his first assignment with USA Basketball, has spent 13 seasons (1996-97 to 2008-09) as head coach at Iowa Wesleyan, where he is the program's all-time leader in career wins (207), wins in a season (25), career winning seasons (6) and national tournament berths (3). In 2008-09, he led the Tigers to a 20-11 record and the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament Championship, which qualified IWC for the NAIA Division II National Tournament.