New Celtics head coach Ime Udoka, a Portland native, reportedly has interest in adding another coach with ties to Portland to his staff: Former Blazers guard and current head coach of the Pacific men’s basketball team Damon Stoudamire.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the Celtics’ interest in Stoudamire, the 1995 NBA Rookie of the Year who played 13 NBA seasons. Stoudamire has a 71-77 record as a coach, but he led the Tigers to one of their best seasons in 2019-20 with a 23-10 record (11-5 in the WCC).
Stoudamire bounced around between several assistant coaching gigs before landing the Pacific job in 2016.