Portland Trail Blazer’s head coach Chauncey Billups has agreed to a multi -year contract extension, the team announced Sunday morning.
Economic conditions for the deal were not revealed for Billups, which concludes the last guaranteed year for its contract.
The move comes six days after Trail Blazers reached a multi -year extension with general manager Joe Cronin.
“I want to thank (Trail Blazer’s chairman) Jody Allen, (Vice President) Bert Kolde and Joe Cronin for their faith in me when we all move on with this trip to create a long -lasting winner for many years to come,” Billups said. “We are building this team properly with a defensive, hard-nosed, competitive culture. I look forward to continuing to give Rip City fans a product on the track that they can be proud of and cheer for every night.”
Billups has guided Portland to a 35-46 record that enters its season finale against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon. Trail Blazers won only 21 games last season.
Billups is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member and owns a record of 116-211 during its four seasons as coach for Trail Blazers. He replaced Terry Stotts, who took Blazers to the playoffs for eight of his nine seasons as coach.
“At the heart of Chauncey’s leadership is his ability to build a collaboration culture and growth thinking for our young team,” Allen said. “We are very pleased to extend his contract as head coach and pleased to see his continued work develop our players and turn this team into one who knows long -term success.”
Billups, 48, was named NBA Finals MVP 2004 while helping Detroit Pistons to the league title. He was a five times all-Star during his career with Pistons, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks, which extends from 1997-2014.
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