The Trail Blazers are “actively exploring” the coaching market

[PDXFonz]

UNC is hiring Mike Malone.

North Carolina to hire Michael Malone as next basketball coach: Led Nuggets to NBA title in 2022-23

The Tar Heels have landed an unexpected hire as their next coach

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In before HCP says you are late to the party, rookie!

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

my bad

 

[kjironman1]

my bad

Just admit you can't see his post.

 

[HailBlazers]

Nothing is worse than @THE HCP being a year late to the Dame as Weber State GM party.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I REALLY don’t want Trump.

 

[Ed O]

Let's get a new GM first and then he can hire the new coach.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What a fantastic way to motivate your current coaching staff going into the playoffs?

Obviously, they will keep the staff if we win the championship.

 

[SwissBlazer]

From the Stein Line newsletter:

Industry sources have been talking a lot about Portland's situation as well.

The Trail Blazers, sources say, did hold some contract extension discussions with Tiago Splitter, who is 40-38 as Portland's interim coach after being thrust into the lead chair just one game into the season in the aftermath of Chauncey Billups' sudden departure on indefinite unpaid leave amid a federal gambling probe.

Yet as Stein noted Sunday, new Blazers owner Tom Dundon is already taking a rather hands-on role in casting a wide net for potential options to succeed Billups in the event Splitter is not retained beyond this season. Word is Portland has even considered college coaches for the position.

Sources say that there are question marks, too, about the Blazers' front office going forward after assistant general managers Sergi Oliva and Mike Schmitz were each just suspended for two weeks without pay for making what the NBA deemed illegal contact with rookie big man Hansen Yang two years before he was draft-eligible.

I want Dan Hurley as the next head coach!

 

[julius]

From the Stein Line newsletter:



I want Dan Hurley as the next head coach!

I don't want a coach who hasn't coached grown men. We went with the yelling coach out of college before.

Plus, there is no way that Dundon is going to be willing to pay what Hurley would command in salary.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Already got a recent thread on this topic

Thread 'The Trail Blazers are “actively exploring” the coaching market'

Apr 6, 2026

• BigGameDamian
• Replies: 149
• Forum: Portland Trail Blazers

 

[SlyPokerDog]

From the Stein Line newsletter:



I want Dan Hurley as the next head coach!

Latrell Sprewell on line 1 with helpful advice on when a coach yells at you too much.

 

[BassPlaya]

Little premature?

 

[Domihatin]

Steve Kerr?

I’d be willing to bet that Dundon would reach out to Kerr… Isn’t Kerrs contract with GSW over after this year?

NBA champion as a player
NBA champion as a coach
Has coached the US team

Seems like the kind of guy Dundon would go after.

Imagine if we hired Kerr and got Stotts along with him as offensive coordinator. Haha, that would be wild.

 

[Domihatin]

I question whether his personal style would fly in the NBA

Who is it?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Little premature?

Only if his name were Jack Splitter.

 

[Strenuus]

From the Stein Line newsletter:



I want Dan Hurley as the next head coach!

He will never work well for an NBA team.

 

[RR7]

Who is it?

Dan Hurley

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[RR7]

So Stein discusses it. Then Jake Fischer discusses Stein discussing it. And then BlazersLead discusses Jake Fischer discussing Stein discussing it.
By Ben Golliver?

 

[BassPlaya]

So Stein discusses it. Then Jake Fischer discusses Stein discussing it. And then BlazersLead discusses Jake Fischer discussing Stein discussing it.
By Ben Golliver?

No...it's the more infamous fan...Ben Dover.

 

[kjironman1]

Obviously, they will keep the staff if we win the championship.

Just win 17 more games and he’s a lock!

 

[kjironman1]

No...it's the more infamous fan...Ben Dover.

@Strenuus ???

 

[riverman]

I think Tiago has a really good shot at the job

 

[BassPlaya]

I think Tiago has a really good shot at the job

 

[BBert]

So Stein discusses it. Then Jake Fischer discusses Stein discussing it. And then BlazersLead discusses Jake Fischer discussing Stein discussing it.
By Ben Golliver?

That's three sources right there. Must be true.

 

[BigGameDamian]

That's three sources right there. Must be true.

So it’s true. We’re looking into college couches too?

 

[BBert]

So it’s true. We’re looking into college couches too?

Keep JD Vance out of this.

 

[twobullz]

A new name enters the list. Here come Doc.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

A new name enters the list. Here come Doc.

 

[kjironman1]

A new name enters the list. Here come Doc.

Someone just took this picture of him boarding a plane to PDX