Wizards assistant coach Adam Caporn is set to serve as the head coach for the Australian national team in international competition, Washington announced in a press statement. Per Olgun Uluc of ESPN, Hawks head coach Quin Snyder is still in talks for an advisory role with the Boomers moving forward. Caporn was originally floated as a contender for the gig earlier this week. As the statement notes, Caporn becomes the 12th head coach of the program. Since 2017, he had served as an assistant under previous head coach Brian Goorjian, who stepped away following the 2024 Paris Olympics. With Capron on the staff, Australia claimed a bronze medal in the 2021 Tokyo games. “I am deeply grateful to Basketball Australia for their trust in me and to the entire Australian basketball community for the invaluable experiences and opportunities I’ve had from grassroots development to the Olympic stage,” Caporn said in the press release. “ I’m excited to get to work, building a team that will represent Australia with pride and continue to strengthen the Boomers’ great legacy and culture.” Caporn had been the head coach for the Nets’ NBAGL affiliate squad, the Long Island Nets, during the 2021-22 season, before moving on to work as an assistant coach for Brooklyn proper from 2022/23 through 2023-24. He is in his first season under Wizards head coach Brian Keefe. Capron had also worked as an assistant at Saint Mary’s College of California from 2010-14, where he played.