This is a list of Portland Trail Blazers executives, since the team's foundation in 1970.
This is a list of Portland Trail Blazers executives, since the team's foundation in 1970.
| Year | Principal Owner | Others | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–1975 | Herman Sarkowsky [1] [2] | Robert Schmertz (1970–1972) [3] Larry Weinberg [1] | Plus other minority owners |
| 1975–1988 | Larry Weinberg [1] [4] | Plus other minority owners | |
| 1988–2018 | Paul Allen [4] | Vice-chair Bert Kolde [5] | through Vulcan Sports and Entertainment |
| Year | Team President | Executive VP/COO | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–1975 | Herman Sarkowsky | ||
| 1975–1987 | Larry Weinberg | Harry Glickman | |
| 1987–1994 | Harry Glickman [6] | ||
| 1994–1995 | Bob Whitsitt/Marshall Glickman [7] [8] | ||
| 1995–2000 | Bob Whitsitt [9] [10] | ||
| 2000–2001 | Bob Whitsitt | Harry Hutt [11] [12] [13] | |
| 2001–2003 | Bob Whitsitt | Erin Hubert [13] [14] | |
| 2003–2006 | Steve Patterson [15] [16] [17] | ||
| 2006–2007 | Steve Patterson | Mike Golub [18] | |
| 2007 | Tod Leiweke (interim) [17] | Mike Golub | |
| 2007–2008 | Larry Miller [19] | Mike Golub [20] | |
| 2008–2012 | Larry Miller | Sarah Mensah | |
| 2012–present | Chris McGowan [21] |
| Years | General Manager | VP of Basketball Ops | Assistant GM | Director of Player Personnel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–1981 | Harry Glickman [6] | – | – | Stu Inman [22] [23] | |
| 1981–1986 | Stu Inman [22] | – | – | – | |
| 1986–1989 | Jon Spoelstra [24] [25] | – | Bucky Buckwalter [26] | – | |
| 1989–1990 | – | Bucky Buckwalter [26] | – | Brad Greenberg [27] | |
| 1990–1994 | Geoff Petrie [28] | Bucky Buckwalter | – | Brad Greenberg | Buckwalter won NBA Executive of the Year in 1991 |
| 1994–1995 | Bob Whitsitt [9] [10] | Bucky Buckwalter | – | Brad Greenberg | |
| 1995–1996 | Bob Whitsitt | Bucky Buckwalter | Jim Paxson [29] | – | |
| 1996–1998 | Bob Whitsitt | – | Jim Paxson | – | |
| 1998–2003 | Bob Whitsitt | – | Mark Warkentien [30] | – | |
| 2003–2004 | John Nash [16] [31] | – | – | Mark Warkentein [30] | |
| 2004–2006 | John Nash | – | – | Kevin Pritchard [32] | |
| 2006–2007 | Steve Patterson [16] | – | Kevin Pritchard | – | |
| 2007 | Tod Leiweke (interim) [17] | – | Kevin Pritchard | – | |
| 2007–2010 | Kevin Pritchard [33] | – | Tom Penn | – | |
| 2010–2011 | Rich Cho [34] | – | – | – | |
| 2011–2012 | Chad Buchanan (interim) [35] | – | – | – | |
| 2012–2021 | Neil Olshey [36] | – | – | – |
The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team played its home games in the Memorial Coliseum before moving to the Moda Center in 1995. The franchise entered the league as an expansion team in 1970, and has enjoyed a strong following: from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American major professional sports at the time, and which has only since been surpassed by the Boston Red Sox and the Dallas Mavericks. The Trail Blazers are the only NBA team based in the Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001 and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.
Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, ice hockey, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions. The arena has a capacity of 19,393 spectators when configured for basketball. It is equipped with state-of-the-art acoustics and other amenities.
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