Rodney Billups

American basketball coach
Rodney Billups
Portland Trail Blazers
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1983-01-14) January 14, 1983 (age 41)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolGeorge Washington
(Denver, Colorado)
College
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2005–2006
PositionGuard
Number4, 1
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
2005–2006BK Riga
2006Kouvot
As coach:
2012–2016Colorado (assistant)
2016–2021Denver
2022–presentPortland Trail Blazers (assistant)

Rodney Dee Billups (born January 14, 1983) is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] He was named head coach at the University of Denver on March 14, 2016, three days after Joe Scott was fired. Billups is the younger brother of former NBA star Chauncey Billups.[2] Billups had been an assistant at Colorado since 2012. He played at the University of Denver from 2002 to 2005. After college, he played professionally with BK Riga of the Latvian Basketball League and Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga before turning his attention to coaching.[2][3] The Colorado 14ers selected Billups in the ninth round of the 2006 NBA Development League Draft.[4]

Billups was the head coach of his alma mater, the University of Denver.[2] He was named head coach on March 14, 2016, three days after Joe Scott was fired.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Denver Pioneers (The Summit League) (2016–2021)
2016–17 Denver 16–14 8–8 T–4th
2017–18 Denver 15–15 8–6 3rd
2018–19 Denver 8–22 3–13 9th
2019–20 Denver 7–24 3–13 8th
2020–21 Denver 2–19 1–13 9th
Denver: 48–94 (.338) 23–53 (.303)
Total: 48–94 (.338)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "RODNEY BILLUPS JOINS TRAIL BLAZERS COACHING STAFF". Portland Trail Blazers. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Rodney Billups named Denver Pioneers men's basketball coach". www.denverpost.com. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ^ "Rodney Billups" (PDF). NBA Development League. 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "D-League Draft Board". NBA. Archived from the original on November 17, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2016.

External links

  • Denver Pioneers coach bio
  • Denver Pioneer player bio
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Portland Trail Blazers roster
  • Head coach: C. Billups
  • Assistant coaches: R. Billups
  • Brooks
  • Herscu
  • Hetzel
  • Rogers
  • v
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Denver Pioneers men's basketball head coaches

# denotes interim head coach