Rodney Billups
American basketball coach (born 1983)
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Rodney Dee Billups (born January 14, 1983) is an American professional basketball coach.[1] He was named head coach at the University of Denver on March 14, 2016, three days after Joe Scott was fired. Billups is the younger brother of former NBA star Chauncey Billups.[2]
| Denver Nuggets | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 14, 1983 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | George Washington (Denver, Colorado) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–2006 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 4, 1 |
| Coaching career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2005–2006 | BK Riga |
| 2006 | Kouvot |
Coaching | |
| 2012–2016 | Colorado (assistant) |
| 2016–2021 | Denver |
| 2022–2024 | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
| 2025–present | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
Career
Playing
Billups 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.[2][3] The Colorado 14ers selected Billups in the ninth round of the 2006 NBA Development League draft.[4]
Coaching
Billups had been an assistant at Colorado from 2012 to 2016. Billups was the head coach of his alma mater, the University of Denver.[2] He was named head coach on March 14, 2016, three days after Joe Scott was fired.
On July 1, 2025, the Denver Nuggets hired Billups to serve as an assistant coach under head coach David Adelman.[5]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Denver Pioneers (The Summit League) (2016–2021) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Denver | 16–14 | 8–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Denver | 15–15 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2018–19 | Denver | 8–22 | 3–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Denver | 7–24 | 3–13 | 8th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Denver | 2–19 | 1–13 | 9th | |||||
| Denver: | 48–94 (.338) | 23–53 (.303) | |||||||
| Total: | 48–94 (.338) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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