{"id":697167,"date":"2026-04-04T04:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697167\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:01:16","slug":"blazers-history-dovetails-as-kaleb-canales-named-weber-state-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697167\/","title":{"rendered":"Blazers History Dovetails as Kaleb Canales Named Weber State Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Weber State University has announced that former NBA coach Kaleb Canales <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weberstatembb\/status\/2040091175894573318?s=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">has been hire<\/a>d as the new men\u2019s basketball coach. The school shared the news this week:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A new era begins in Ogden!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Weber State is thrilled to announce the hire of Kaleb Canales as the new head coach of the Wildcat men\u2019s basketball program!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kanales served as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers for five seasons between 2009 and 2013 after moving up through the organizational ranks. During the 2011-12 season he filled in as Interim Head Coach in Portland for 23 games after the dismissal of Head Coach Nate McMillan. Following his departure from the Blazers, Kanales served as an assistant with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, and Indiana Pacers. His Indiana tenure was served under current Blazers assistant Nate Bjorkgren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Weber State\u2019s most famous alumnus, of course, is Portland Trail Blazers mega-star Damian Lillard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI am truly honored and humbled to be named the head coach of Weber State men\u2019s basketball,\u201d Canales said. \u201cI want to thank President Leslie Durham and Director of Athletics Tim Crompton for their belief in me and my vision for this program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe will build a culture that is connected on both ends of the floor, connected in the classroom, and connected to the community. This is a program with a proud tradition, a world-class institution, and a passionate fan base. I\u2019m ready to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Throughout his tenure, Canales has drawn praise for his work ethic and generous spirit. Congratulations to Weber State and their new coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weber State University has announced that former NBA coach Kaleb Canales has been hired as the new men\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,37660,6,687,471,3967,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-697167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-blazers-news","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-portland","13":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","14":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","15":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116344447679713222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}