Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Billups

Head Coach

Chauncey Billups was hired as the 15th head coach in Trail Blazers history on June 27, 2021. The 2022-23 campaign will mark his second season as head coach of the team.

Billups joined the Trail Blazers after spending the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers. As a part of head coach Tyronn Lue’s staff, Billups helped coach the Clippers to a regular season record of 47-25 (.653) and a trip to the Western Conference Finals.

A proven leader as both a coach and a player, Billups had a 17-year playing career for Boston, Toronto, Denver, Minnesota, Detroit, New York and the Clippers. In 2004 he was named the NBA Finals MVP after leading Detroit to an NBA Championship. A five-time All-Star, Billups was named All-NBA Second Team in 2006 and All-NBA Third Team in 2007 and 2009. He also received NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2005 and 2006. In addition to his playing accolades, Billups was awarded the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 2008, the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2009, and the inaugural Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award in 2013. Billups’ No. 1 jersey was retired by the Pistons in 2016. For his career, Billups averaged 15.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 1,043 games.

After retiring as a player following the 2013-14 season, Billups worked as a studio analyst and game analyst for ESPN. During the 2019-20 season, Billups served as the game analyst for Los Angeles Clippers broadcasts on FOX Sports Prime Ticket.

Billups is a native of Denver, Colorado and attended the University of Colorado (1995-97) where he was a consensus second-team All-American in his second season. He and his wife Piper have three daughters. 

Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers

Assistant Coach

Roy Rogers enters his second season with the Trail Blazers in 2022-23, bringing 14 years of experience as an NBA assistant coach. Before arriving in Portland, Rogers spent the 2020-21 season with the LA Clippers, where he worked alongside Chauncey Billups and helped the team reach the Western Conference Finals. Rogers spent the 2019-20 season on the Chicago bench and before that spent three seasons with Houston, which included an appearance in the Western Conference Finals in 2018. He has also worked as an assistant coach with Washington (2014-16), Brooklyn (2013-14), Detroit (2011-12), Boston (2010-11) and New Jersey (2008-10). Prior to his time in the NBA, Rogers was an assistant coach in the NBA G League for the Austin Toros (2007-08), Tulsa 66ers (2005-07) and Huntsville Flight (2004-05). As a player, Rogers appeared in 137 games in three NBA seasons with Vancouver, Boston, Toronto and Denver from 1996-2000. He played four seasons at Alabama from 1992-96 before being selected with the 22nd pick of the 1996 NBA Draft. Rogers and his wife, Patricia, are parents to Jasmine, Jordan, Saige and Sebastian.

Jonah Herscu

Jonah Herscu

Assistant Coach

Jonah Herscu joins the Trail Blazers as an assistant coach in 2022-23 after spending the past three seasons with the Sacramento Kings. Herscu began with Sacramento as an advance scout in 2019 before being named an assistant coach in 2021. Prior to the Kings, Herscu spent three seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers as an advance scout and player development assistant (2018-19), and assistant video coordinator (2016-18). He arrives in Portland with 14 seasons of experience in the NBA, NBA G League, and WNBA. After starting his career with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League in 2013, Herscu has also worked as an assistant coach for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA and as a video coordinator for the Chicago Bulls. The Amherst, Mass. native graduated from Lake Forest College with a degree in Coaching: Personal Identity, Sports Psychology and Leadership. Herscu earned his Master’s degree in Sports Science, with a focus on coaching, in 2016 from the United States Sports Academy.

Mark Tyndale

Mark Tyndale

Assistant Coach

Mark Tyndale begins his first season as an assistant coach with the Trail Blazers in 2023-24 after spending last season as a player development assistant. Prior to arriving in Portland, Tyndale broke into the league as a player development coach with the Toronto Raptors under Nick Nurse, whom Tyndale played for during the 2009-10 season with the Iowa Energy of the NBA G League. A native of North Philadelphia, Tyndale attended Temple University where garnered Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors while leading Temple to the NCAA Tournament and earned the Robert V. Geasey Trophy, honoring the best player in the Philadelphia Big 5 in 2008. Between 2008 and 2018, Tyndale played professionally in Australia, Germany, Ukraine, Sweden, and Israel while also having an extensive career in the NBA G League with Iowa, Sioux Falls Skyforce, Maine Red Claws, Reno Bighorns and Memphis Hustle.