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Trail Blazers hire new assistant coach

The Portland Trail Blazers have added assistant coach Quinton Crawford to Chauncey Billups’ staff, an NBA source has confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Chris Haynes first reported the news.

Crawford guided the Stockton Kings to the 2024-25 G League championship last season.

Crawford played for Middlesex County College before transferring to Arizona, where he played from 2011-2013.

He began his coaching career as a graduate manager and video coordinator for Pepperdine.

Crawford next worked as an assistant video coordinator for the Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets and the Orlando Magic.

In 2019, Crawford joined the Los Angeles Lakers staff as an assistant coach and earned an NBA championship in the 2020 Bubble.

He spent three seasons with the Lakers before becoming an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks in 2022. The following season, Crawford moved on to coach as an assistant with the Phoenix Suns before returning to the Kings to coach their G League team.

The Blazers did not renew the contracts of assistant coaches Roy Rogers, Chris Fleming and Ryan Gomes following a 36-46 season.

Billups signed a two-year contract extension with the Blazers following last season, freeing him to retool his staff.

-- Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook)

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