The Portland Trail Blazers have named Tiago Splitter, Patrick St. Andrews and Quinton Crawford as assistant coaches on Head Coach Chauncey Billups’ staff.
In addition, Leron Black has been hired as a player development coach. Black has served as an assistant coach and director of video for the Rip City Remix, NBA G League affiliate for Portland, since the 2023-24 season.
Splitter joins the Trail Blazers after leading Paris Basketball Club to a French Basketball Cup championship and into the EuroLeague Playoffs as head coach for the 2024-25 season. Prior to taking the helm of Paris Basketball, Splitter served as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets during the 2023-24 season and spent the five seasons prior with the Brooklyn Nets—serving as an assistant coach from 2019-23 and as a pro scout with added responsibilities related to on-court development during the 2018-19 season.
A seven-year NBA veteran, Splitter joined the San Antonio Spurs during the 2010-11 season after being drafted by the franchise with the 28th overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft. The native of Brazil played five seasons in San Antonio—helping the Spurs win an NBA championship in 2014—before finishing his NBA playing career in Atlanta (2015-16) and Philadelphia (2016-17). Splitter also boasts a storied 11-year international playing career—primarily competing in Spain for Baskonia (2000-10). He helped lead the team to numerous titles while earning All-EuroLeague honors on three occasions. As a member of the Brazilian national team, Splitter won gold medals in the FIBA AmeriCup, the Pan American Games and the South American Championships. Splitter also has national team coaching experience, most recently as head coach of his native Brazil’s gold medal under-23 men’s team in 2022.
St. Andrews most recently served as an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies for the last two seasons (2023-25). Prior to his two seasons with the Grizzlies, St. Andrews spent five seasons (2018-23) with the Milwaukee Bucks—serving as a member of the Bucks’ 2021 NBA Championship coaching staff that led the team to the best regular season record in the NBA. A native of State College, Pennsylvania, St. Andrews earned his first assistant coaching role with the Atlanta Hawks in 2017 after first joining the organization in 2013 as a seasonal assistant. In 2014, St. Andrews was promoted to Atlanta’s assistant video coordinator position before being elevated to head video coordinator in 2016 and then to assistant coach in 2017.
Crawford comes to Portland after leading the Stockton Kings to the 2025 NBA G League Championship as head coach in his first season at the helm. Prior to joining 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—including one as a member of the Lakers’ 2020 NBA championship coaching staff. Before joining the Lakers, Crawford served as the head video coordinator and player development coach with the Charlotte Hornets (2018-19). Previously, Crawford worked for the Orlando Magic, serving as head video coordinator with a role in player development in 2017-18 after spending the 2016-17 season as an assistant video coordinator. Crawford began his professional career as an assistant video coordinator with the Sacramento Kings during the 2015-16 season.
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