Rodney Dee Billups (born January 14, 1983) is an American professional

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coach. 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

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. Billups had been an assistant at

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since 2012. He played at the University of Denver from 2002 to 2005. After college, he played professionally with BK Riga of the

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and

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of the Finnish

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before turning his attention to coaching. The

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selected Billups in the ninth round of the

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. Billups was the head coach of his alma mater, the

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. He was named head coach on March 14, 2016, three days after Joe Scott was fired.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Denver Pioneers coach bio
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