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Portland Trail Blazers add new coaches to staff
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland Trail Blazers announced Wednesday that three new faces have been added to the coaching staff ahead of the 2025-26 season, Tiago Splitter, Patrick St. Andrews and Quinton Crawford will join head coach Chauncey Billups.
Most recently, Splitter led the Paris Basketball Club to the French Basketball Cup championship and into the EuroLeague Playoffs (2024). He also also been an assistant coach for both the Houston Rockets (2023-24) and the Brooklyn Nets (2019-23).
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As a seven-year NBA veteran, Splitter was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in 2007 as the 28th overall pick in the first round. He spent five years in San Antonio where he helped the Spurs win an NBA championship in 2014. He also played for the Brazilian national team, and won gold in the FIBA AmeriCup, the Pan American Games and the South American Championships.
St. Andrews comes to Portland from the Memphis Grizzles where he served as their assistant coach for the last two seasons (2023-25). He also spent five seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks (2018-23), most notably during the Bucks' 2021 NBA Championship run which had the best regular season record in the NBA.
Crawford most recently was the head coach for the Stockton Kings which won the 2025 NBA G League Championship. He has also been an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns (2023-24), Dallas Mavericks (2022-23), and spent three seasons in Los Angeles (2019-22). Crawford was on the coaching staff that saw the Lakers win the 2020 NBA championship.
Leron Black is another new addition to the Blazers as a player development coach.
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