UW’s Romar honored for work with U-18 team

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, December 14, 2006

Washington men’s basketball coach Lorenzo Romar was announced Thursday as the co-recipient of the 2006 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year award.

Romar won the award along with DePaul women’s coach Doug Bruno. Both men led the USA U-18 team to 4-0 records and gold medals at the FIBA Americas U-18 Championships last summer. Romar’s team included current Husky freshman center Spencer Hawes.

Romar and Bruno will be submitted as candidates for the United States Olympic Committee 2006 Developmental Coach of the Year.

Romar’s team won by an average of 29.7 points in qualifying for the 2007 FIBA U-19 World Championships.