Rodney Billups
| Denver Pioneers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Summit League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 14, 1983 Denver, Colorado |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College |
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| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–2006 |
| Coaching career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2005–2006 | BK Riga |
| 2006 | Kouvot |
| As coach: | |
| 2012–2016 | Colorado (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Denver |
Rodney Dee Billups (born January 14, 1983) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of his alma mater, the University of Denver.[1] He was named head coach on March 14, 2016, three days after Joe Scott was fired. Billups is the younger brother of former NBA star, Chauncey Billups.[1] Billups had been an assistant at Colorado since 2012. He played at the University of Denver from 2002 to 2005. After college, he played professionally with BK Riga of the Latvian Basketball League and Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga before turning his attention to coaching.[1][2] The Colorado 14ers selected Billups in the ninth round of the 2006 NBA Development League Draft.[3]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Denver Pioneers (The Summit League) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Denver | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Denver: | 0–1 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 0–1 (.000) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- 1 2 3 "Rodney Billups named Denver Pioneers men's basketball coach". www.denverpost.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ↑ "Rodney Billups" (PDF). NBA Development League. 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ↑ "D-League Draft Board". NBA. Archived from the original on November 17, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2016.