The Portland Path Blazers have named Tiago Splitter, Patrick St. Andrews and Quinton Crawford as assistant coaches on Head Coach Chauncey Billups’ workers.
As well as, Leron Black has been employed as a participant growth coach. Black has served as an assistant coach and director of video for the Rip Metropolis Remix, NBA G League affiliate for Portland, because the 2023-24 season.
Splitter joins the Path Blazers after main Paris Basketball Membership to a French Basketball Cup championship and into the EuroLeague Playoffs as head coach for the 2024-25 season. Previous to taking the helm of Paris Basketball, Splitter served as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets in the course of the 2023-24 season and spent the 5 seasons prior with the Brooklyn Nets—serving as an assistant coach from 2019-23 and as a professional scout with added tasks associated to on-court growth in the course of the 2018-19 season.
A seven-year NBA veteran, Splitter joined the San Antonio Spurs in the course of the 2010-11 season after being drafted by the franchise with the twenty eighth general decide within the first spherical of the 2007 NBA Draft. The native of Brazil performed 5 seasons in San Antonio—serving to the Spurs win an NBA championship in 2014—earlier than ending his NBA taking part in profession in Atlanta (2015-16) and Philadelphia (2016-17). Splitter additionally boasts a storied 11-year worldwide taking part in profession—primarily competing in Spain for Baskonia (2000-10). He helped lead the crew to quite a few titles whereas incomes All-EuroLeague honors on three events. As a member of the Brazilian nationwide crew, Splitter gained gold medals within the FIBA AmeriCup, the Pan American Video games and the South American Championships. Splitter additionally has nationwide crew teaching expertise, most lately as head coach of his native Brazil’s gold medal under-23 males’s crew in 2022.
St. Andrews most lately served as an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies for the final two seasons (2023-25). Previous to his two seasons with the Grizzlies, St. Andrews spent 5 seasons (2018-23) with the Milwaukee Bucks—serving as a member of the Bucks’ 2021 NBA Championship teaching workers that led the crew to the most effective common season file within the NBA. A local of State School, Pennsylvania, St. Andrews earned his first assistant teaching function with the Atlanta Hawks in 2017 after first becoming a member of the group in 2013 as a seasonal assistant. In 2014, St. Andrews was promoted to Atlanta’s assistant video coordinator place earlier than being elevated to move video coordinator in 2016 after which to assistant coach in 2017.
Crawford involves Portland after main the Stockton Kings to the 2025 NBA G League Championship as head coach in his first season on the helm. Previous to becoming a member of the Kings, Crawford spent the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns, the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks, and three seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2019-2022—together with one as a member of the Lakers’ 2020 NBA championship teaching workers. Earlier than becoming a member of the Lakers, Crawford served as the top video coordinator and participant growth coach with the Charlotte Hornets (2018-19). Beforehand, Crawford labored for the Orlando Magic, serving as head video coordinator with a job in participant growth in 2017-18 after spending the 2016-17 season as an assistant video coordinator. Crawford started his skilled profession as an assistant video coordinator with the Sacramento Kings in the course of the 2015-16 season.
