Portland Path Blazers guard Damian Lillard is returning to his alma mater, Weber State, to function the final supervisor, the workforce introduced Saturday night time.
Lillard, 35, introduced the transfer whereas internet hosting the Weber State Basketball Alumni Basic in Ogden, Utah. The 13-year NBA veteran provides his new function simply two weeks after agreeing to return to the Path Blazers on a three-year deal.
“Success doesn’t come in a single day, particularly in right this moment’s ever-changing basketball panorama,” Lillard mentioned through a Weber State information launch. “School athletics is consistently evolving, and constructing a robust program requires time, belief, and dedication. I imagine in what this program represents and the tradition that continues to develop at Weber State. The help of our group is important to this system’s success, and I’m dedicated to enjoying a higher function in that effort. This chance permits me to be much more concerned in shaping the way forward for Weber State basketball.”
A legacy continues in Ogden. Wildcat legend Damian Lillard is formally becoming a member of Weber State Males’s Basketball as the brand new Common Supervisor.
Dame is stepping right into a management function that can assist form the way forward for Wildcat hoops.
A brand new period begins now.#WeberStateGreat #DameTime pic.twitter.com/MV3bVHX6st
— Weber State Males’s Basketball (@WeberStateMBB) August 3, 2025
Serving as a “key advisor” and “mentor” to the workforce, Lillard will work intently with the teaching employees and the athletic division’s management, in accordance with the information launch, to offer “perception, mentorship, and steerage, utilizing his expertise on the collegiate {and professional} ranges to raise this system.”
Lillard’s transfer to develop into basic supervisor follows within the footsteps of different NBA gamers who’ve stepped into related roles. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry agreed in March to function assistant GM at his alma mater, Davidson, whereas Hawks guard Trae Younger will serve in that very same function at Oklahoma. 4-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal agreed in April to develop into the final supervisor at Sacramento State.
Previous to Lillard being drafted sixth by the Path Blazers within the 2012 NBA Draft and later being named the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Yr, Lillard starred at Weber State. He led the Wildcats to 2 Massive Sky Championships, incomes two Massive Sky MVP nods, throughout his 4 seasons from 2009 to 2012. He had his jersey retired in 2017, was inducted into the varsity’s Athletics Corridor of Fame in 2021 and the Massive Sky Convention Corridor of Fame in 2022.
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