Meyer brings extensive experience at both the national and international levels. In his first tenure as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, he guided the squad to gold at the 2025 IWBF Americas Cup. He also served as head coach of the 2025 U.S. Men’s U23 Team, leading them to gold at the IWBF Americas U23 Championship and a fifth-place finish at the IWBF Men’s U23 World Championship.

As an assistant coach, Meyer played a pivotal role in helping the U.S. Men’s National Team make history as the first men’s program to win three consecutive Paralympic gold medals. His contributions also include Team USA’s gold-medal performances at the 2022 IWBF World Championships and the 2023 Santiago Parapan American Games.

Meyer began his national team coaching career in 2017 as an assistant with the U.S. Men’s U23 Team at the IWBF World Championships. His coaching résumé also features nine years as an assistant coach with the University of Missouri wheelchair basketball program and six years as team leader for the U.S. Men’s National Team staff from 2014 to 2020, further cementing his leadership on the international stage.

A graduate of the University of Missouri, Meyer holds a bachelor’s degree in health science, a master’s degree in public health, and a master’s degree in education.

Lykins returns to the U.S. National Team bench as the winningest international coach in NWBA history, having won gold in four Paralympic Games (2004 and 2008 with the U.S. Women’s team, and 2016 and 2020 with the U.S. Men’s team) and silver in one Paralympic Games (1992 with the U.S. Women’s team). 

First appointed head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team in 1990, Lykins has coached in 17 international competitions, reaching the gold-medal games in all of them and bringing home the top podium finish in 12 of those events. On top of these accolades, Lykins is the first head coach to win Paralympic gold medals with both the U.S. Men’s and U.S. Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Teams. 

Lykins has coached at every level within the NWBA. He currently coaches in the Intercollegiate Division at the University of Missouri and has also coached at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. He has further contributed at the community level with the Atlanta Hawks Wheelchair Basketball Team and the Minnesota Junior Rolling Timberwolves. Lykins' accomplishments in the sport of wheelchair basketball were recently highlighted when he was inducted into the 2018 class of the NWBA Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2022. 

A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Lykins holds a bachelor’s degree in Community Recreation, a Master of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation, and a Master of Education degree from the University of Missouri.

Michael Auprince currently serves as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama, where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to the 2023 NWBA Intercollegiate National Championship.

As an assistant coach at the high-performance level, he helped the U.S. Men’s National Team capture gold at the 2025 IWBF Americas Cup. He also served on the U.S. Men’s U23 Team staff, contributing to the squad’s gold-medal performance at the IWBF Americas U23 Championship and fifth-place finish at the IWBF Men’s U23 World Championship.

A graduate of Alabama, Auprince won two NWBA Intercollegiate Division National Championships as a player, earning MVP honors in 2017. In addition to his collegiate success, he won two Australian league championships with the Wollongong Rollerhawks and played professionally in Germany for RSV Lahn-Dill, where he helped secure the 2021 Champions League title. As a member of the Australian National Team from 2013 to 2022, he earned bronze medals at the 2013 IWBF Men's U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and the 2018 IWBF World Championship, along with four Asia-Oceania Championships. Beyond basketball, Auprince was also a Paralympic swimmer, winning gold and bronze medals at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

Auprince earned a bachelor's degree from Alabama in 2019 and completed a master's degree in sport management in 2024.

Howell is making his third appearance on an NWBA High Performance team, serving as team leader at the 2025 IWBF Americas Cup as well as at the 2021 and 2025 IWBF Men’s U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

He is currently the head coach of the Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets varsity and D1 teams in the NWBA’s Junior and Adult Divisions and has also served as the Commissioner of the Junior Division Southeastern Conference of the NWBA.

Professionally, Howell is the Director of Software and Electrical Engineering at Mantissa Corporation, where he has amassed over 30 years of professional experience.

Johnson returns to the staff after playing a pivotal role in the U.S. Men’s National Team’s gold-medal victories at the 2025 IWBD Americas Cup, 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, 2022 IWBF World Championships in Dubai, 2022 IWBF America’s Cup, and the 2023 Parapan American Games. 

His journey with the U.S. national team began as an athletic trainer from 2018 to 2021, serving on the staff at the 2018 IWBF World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. Johnson also played a key role in supporting the U.S. Men’s National Team’s preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, providing sports medicine coverage during training camps as the team secured the gold medal. Johnson received his BFA from SCAD Savannah, then furthered his education with an MBA.

With over 25 years as a certified and licensed athletic trainer, he brings a unique combination of skills that drive healthcare performance improvement and sports medicine advancements. His expertise also extends to healthcare supply chain consulting, logistics, and industrial, service, and product design.