International Experience      

• Took on his seventh USA Basketball coaching assignment in 2004 as USA Basketball Olympic Team Assistant Coach and helped lead the team to a Bronze Medal in Athens, Greece.

• Compiled a sterling 40-1 record (.976 winning percentage) with his six prior USA Basketball teams.

• Named assistant coach of the 2003 USA Senior National Team on Dec. 19, 2002. Helped lead the 2003 USA Olympic Qualifying Team in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a 10-0 record, a gold medal, and an Olympic qualifying berth for the 2004 Olympic Games.

• Helped assist the 2003 USA Senior National Team to a 101-74 victory over Puerto Rico in an exhibition game played Aug. 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.

• Served as an assistant coach with the 2001 USA Goodwill Games Team that featured young NBA stars. The U.S. finished 5-0 to claim the gold medal in Brisbane, Australia.

• Head coach of the 1999 USA World University Games Team, led an American squad featuring collegians Brendan Haywood, Kenyon Martin, Michael Redd and others to an 8-0 record and the gold medal in Mallorca, Spain.

• Selected as the recipient of USA Basketball's 1999 Developmental Coach of the Year Award.

• Was an assistant coach to Stanford University (Calif.) head coach Mike Montgomery on the 1996 USA Basketball Men's 22 & Under World Championship Qualifying Team that competed in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Purnell assisted the U.S. to a 5-0 record, the gold medal, and a berth in the 1997 FIBA Men's 22 and Under World Championship.

• Served in 1995 as an assistant coach to then University of Illinois head coach Lon Kruger on the gold medal winning USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team that posted a sterling 7-0 record in Fukuoka, Japan.

• His first USA Basketball duties came in 1994, when he served as head coach of the silver medal winning East team at the US Olympic Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Appointed in 2000 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and currently serves as a member of USA Basketball's Men's Collegiate Committee which is responsible for the selection of coaches and players for USA Basketball's teams consisting of collegiate players and coaches.

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USA Basketball Coaching Record:

2004 - 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece
2003 - 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2001 - 2001 Goodwill Games, Brisbane, Australia.
1999 - 1999 World University Games, Mallorca, Spain.
1996 - 22 & Under World Championship Qualifying Tournament, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1995 - 1995 World University Games, Fukuoka, Japan.
1994 - 1994 US Olympic Festival, St. Louis, Missouri.