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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Abdullah Nominated U.S. Olympic Team Head Coach

By Ryan Maquiñana
BoxingScene.com

 Abdullah would be signing up for his second tour of duty as Olympic head coach. (U.S. Army)

BoxingScene.com has been advised that USA Boxing has nominated Basheer Abdullah as the new head coach of the U.S. Olympic Team.

Abdullah, current head coach of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, would replace Joe Zanders, who held the position from August of 2011 until earlier this month, when he vacated the post.  Zanders will continue to work with USA Boxing in a different capacity heading into this summer’s London Games.

According to an interview with The Independent, former British national team coach Terry Edwards, who has been putting the Olympic tournament arrangements together as technical operations manager, had been in formal negotiations with USA Boxing regarding the spot but ultimately declined.

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