Gregg Popovich will replace Mike Krzyzewski as U.S. basketball coach in 2017

Gregg Popovich has won five NBA championship rings as the coach of the San Antonio Spurs.

Now he will get a chance to win Olympic gold.

Popovich has been chosen to become the new coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team after Mike Krzyzewski steps down following the 2016 Olympics, USA Basketball announced Friday.

“I’m extremely humbled and honored to have the opportunity to represent our country as the coach of the USA National Team,” Popovich said in a statement.

Starting with training camp in 2017, Popovich will guide the Americans into the 2019 World Cup and the 2020 Olympics, assuming they qualify.

“This is an incredibly exciting step for the USA Basketball men’s national team program as we will transition following the 2016 Rio Olympics from one of the game’s greatest coaches in Mike Krzyzewski to another of basketball’s greatest coaches in Gregg Popovich,” chairman Jerry Colangelo said in the same statement. “This progression plan will also help ensure that our National Team will continue to build on the culture and success we have achieved since launching the program.

Popovich was an assistant coach when the U.S. took sixth in the 2002 world championships and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics. He was considered for the head coaching position in 2005 before Colangelo decided to go with Krzyzewski.

Krzyzewski has led the U.S. to back-to-back Olympic gold medals, as well as two world championships. He will stay with the program as a special advisor.

“What the program has accomplished over the last decade under the leadership of Jerry Colangelo and Mike Krzyzewski is truly impressive,” Popovich said. “I will do my utmost to maintain the high standards of success, class and character established by Jerry, Coach K and the many players who have sacrificed their time on behalf of USA Basketball.”