Appointed interim head coach on 2/18/89 after six seasons as an assistant coach with the Trail Blazers... Led Portland into playoffs for seventh consecutive season... Given the permanent coaching position following the season... Played college basketball at Loyola before being drafted by the Rockets in 1968... Selected by Portland in the 1970 Expansion Draft and was the team's first captain... Also played for the Bulls, Jazz and Kings in a seven-year NBA career... Served as head coach at Chemketa Community College in Oregon for six seasons before re-joining the Trail Blazers in 1983.