List of Portland Trail Blazers executives
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Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
executives, since the team foundation in 1970.
Ownership
| Year | Principal Owner | Others | Notes |
| 1970–1975 | Herman Sarkowsky Herman Sarkowsky Herman Sarkowsky is a Seattle, Washington, United States businessman, philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, and former sports executive. He was a co-founder of two Pacific Northwest sports franchises, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks.-Early life and career:Sarkowsky was born in... |
Robert Schmertz Robert Schmertz Robert Schmertz was an American developer and sports franchise owner. He was owner or part-owner of two NBA franchises; the Portland Trail Blazers from 1970 through 1972, and the Boston Celtics from 1972 until 1975... (1970–1972) Larry Weinberg Larry Weinberg (businessman) Larry Weinberg is an American real estate developer who was one of the founders of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. Weinberg is a US military veteran who served in the US 6th Army Group as and infantry grunt during World War II. He was severely wounded in combat in France and spent over a year... |
Plus other minority owners |
| 1975–1988 | Larry Weinberg | Plus other minority owners | |
| 1988–present | Paul Allen Paul Allen Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates... |
Vice-chair Bert Kolde | through Vulcan Sports and Entertainment |
Executive management
| Year | Team President | Executive VP/COO | Notes |
| 1970–1975 | Herman Sarkowsky | ||
| 1975–1987 | Larry Weinberg | Harry Glickman | |
| 1987–1994 | Harry Glickman Harry Glickman Harry Glickman is a retired journalist, promoter, and sports executive. He was one of the founders of the Portland Trail Blazers, and was the team's president from 1987 to 1994.-Early career:... |
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| 1994–1995 | Bob Whitsitt Bob Whitsitt Bob Whitsitt is a former sports executive in both the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. He has served as the general manager for three teams: the Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA, and the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL... /Marshall Glickman |
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| 1995–2000 | Bob Whitsitt Bob Whitsitt Bob Whitsitt is a former sports executive in both the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. He has served as the general manager for three teams: the Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA, and the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL... |
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| 2000–2001 | Bob Whitsitt | Harry Hutt | |
| 2001–2003 | Bob Whitsitt | Erin Hubert | |
| 2003–2006 | Steve Patterson Steve Patterson (sports executive) Steve Patterson is an American sports executive and the former president and general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers National Basketball Association franchise.Patterson joined the Trail Blazers as the team president in June 2003... |
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| 2006–2007 | Steve Patterson | Mike Golub | |
| 2007 | Tod Leiweke Tod Leiweke Tod Leiweke . Leiweke, who was raised in the small town of Lesterville, Missouri, is an American sports executive. He was hired on July 26, 2010 to become the Chief Executive Officer of Tampa Bay Sports & Entertainment including the Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Pete Times Forum... (interim) |
Mike Golub | |
| 2007–2008 | Larry Miller | Mike Golub | |
| 2008– | Larry Miller |
Basketball operations
| Year | General Manager | VP of Basketball Ops | Assistant GM | Director of Player-Personnel | Notes |
| 1970–1981 | Harry Glickman | Stu Inman Stu Inman Stu Inman was an American executive and interim coach in the National Basketball Association. He was selected in the 6th round of the 1950 NBA Draft from San Jose State University by the Chicago Stags; however, he did not play in the NBA.In 1970, Inman was one of several people who started the... |
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| 1981–1986 | Stu Inman | ||||
| 1986–1989 | Jon Spoelstra | Bucky Buckwalter Bucky Buckwalter Morris "Bucky" Buckwalter is a former National Basketball Association coach and executive, as well as a former coach in the American Basketball Association.Buckwalter grew up in La Grande, Oregon, and played high school basketball at La Grande High School... |
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| 1989–1990 | Bucky Buckwalter | Brad Greenberg Brad Greenberg Brad Greenberg is an American college basketball coach, most recently head coach at Radford University. He has also served as an assistant coach for Virginia Tech, and for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks... |
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| 1990–1994 | Geoff Petrie Geoff Petrie Geoffrey Michael Petrie is a former American basketball player and current basketball team executive. A native of Pennsylvania, he played professional basketball in the National Basketball Association for the Portland Trail Blazers where he won NBA Rookie of the Year in 1971... |
Bucky Buckwalter | Brad Greenberg | Buckwalter won NBA Executive of the Year in 1991 | |
| 1994–1995 | Bob Whitsitt Bob Whitsitt Bob Whitsitt is a former sports executive in both the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. He has served as the general manager for three teams: the Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA, and the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL... |
Bucky Buckwalter | Brad Greenberg | ||
| 1995–1996 | Bob Whitsitt | Bucky Buckwalter | Jim Paxson | ||
| 1996–1998 | Bob Whitsitt | Jim Paxson | |||
| 1998–2003 | Bob Whitsitt | Mark Warkentien Mark Warkentien Mark Warkentien was the general manager of the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. He was named as Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Nuggets on September 7, 2006... |
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| 2003–2004 | John Nash | Mark Warkentein | |||
| 2004–2006 | John Nash | Kevin Pritchard | |||
| 2006–2007 | Steve Patterson | Kevin Pritchard | |||
| 2007 | Tod Leiweke (interim) | Kevin Pritchard | |||
| 2007–2010 | Kevin Pritchard Kevin Pritchard Kevin Lee Pritchard is a retired American professional basketball player.- College career :Pritchard played college basketball for the University of Kansas, where he was the starting point guard on the Jayhawks team that defeated the Oklahoma Sooners for the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball... |
Tom Penn | |||
| 2010–2011 | Rich Cho Rich Cho Richard "Rich" Cho is the general manager of the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the Bobcats, Cho was the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers and the assistant general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder... |