Terry Porter
Porter in 2009
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| Portland Pilots | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | West Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 8, 1963 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
South Division (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| College | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (1981–1985) |
| NBA draft | 1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24th overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 1985–2002 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 30 |
| Coaching career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1985–1995 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1995–1998 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1998–1999 | Miami Heat |
| 1999–2002 | San Antonio Spurs |
| As coach: | |
| 2002–2003 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| 2003–2005 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2006–2008 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| 2008–2009 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2011–2014 | Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant) |
| 2016–present | U of Portland |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 15,586 (12.2 ppg) |
| Assists | 7,160 (5.6 apg) |
| Steals | 1,583 (1.2 spg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Terry Porter (born April 8, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Portland. A native of Wisconsin, he played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point before being drafted 24th by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1985 NBA draft. In Portland, he played ten seasons with two All-Star Game appearances. Porter spent 17 years in the NBA as a player. Following his retirement as a player in 2002, he began coaching in the league and has twice been a head coach, first with his hometown Milwaukee Bucks, and then with the Phoenix Suns up until February 16, 2009. He was the alumni ambassador for Portland Trail Blazers.
Porter was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 8, 1963. Porter played prep basketball, as a forward, at Milwaukee's South Division High School.
Porter attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (The Pointers), a Division III school. He played under head coach Dick Bennett, and with Brad Soderberg (who later became the head coach at Saint Louis University).
In four seasons at Stevens Point, Porter averaged 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and shot 58.9 percent from the floor. As a junior, he averaged 18.8 points and shooting over 65 percent from the floor. Twice with the Pointers, as both a junior and a senior, he was named an NAIA First-Team All-American. As a junior, he was named the NAIA "Player of the Year", and in the 1984 NAIA tournament, he was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player even though the Pointers lost the national championship to Fort Hays State.
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