Kaleb Canales

Kaleb Canales (born 1978) is an assistant basketball coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.

Early career

Born in Laredo, Texas, Canales is a graduate of John B. Alexander High School and graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in kinesiology.[1][2] He later earned a master's degree in sports leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.[2]

Canales began his coaching career as an assistant coach at United High School and Martin High School, both in Laredo, and then at the college level at Texas-Arlington.[1][3]

NBA coaching career

In 2005, Canales was hired as a video intern for the Portland Trail Blazers, and was eventually hired as the team's video coordinator. In 2009, he was promoted to an assistant coach for the team.[1][4] In 2010, Canales served as the Blazers' head coach during the NBA Summer League.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cardenas, Nino (June 30, 2010). "Making it big". Laredo Morning Times. http://godzilla.lmtonline.com/lmthosted/LMT956Sports/081809MakingItBig.php. Retrieved July 16, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Freeman, Joe (July 16, 2010). "The Trail Blazers' unlikely leader: Kaleb Canales". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/07/the_trail_blazers_unlikely_lea.html. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
  3. ^ Gomez, Ray (April 15, 2009). "Laredoan "Blazing a Trail" with Portland". Pro8News.com. http://www.pro8news.com/sports/43077002.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010. 
  4. ^ Birnbach, Craig (February 6, 2010). "Hard work, no sleep propels this guy to Blazers’ coaching job". KATU.com. http://www.katu.com/sports/local/83702232.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010. 
  5. ^ Freeman, Joe (June 30, 2010). "Trail Blazers announce summer league roster". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/06/trail_blazers_announce_summer.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010. 

1 A. Johnson | 2 Matthews | 3 Wallace | 4 N. Smith | 5 Felton | 8 Babbitt | 9 E. Williams | 11 Crawford | 12 Aldridge | 17 C. Johnson | 23 Camby | 40 Thomas | 52 Oden | 83 C. Smith | 88 Batum

Head coach: McMillan | Assistant coaches: Bickerstaff | Canales | Greer | Ociepka | B. Williams