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(PORTLAND, Ore) — The Portland Trail Blazers and Terry Stotts have agreed to mutually part ways on Friday after nine seasons as the head coach. Stotts had one guaranteed year left on a multiyear contract extension he signed following the 2018-2019 season, after leading the team to its first Western Conference Finals appearance since 2000 according to ESPN. They would get swept by the eventual NBA Champion Golden State Warriors.
Thank you, Coach Stotts https://t.co/dLHJdAEajZ pic.twitter.com/fGzPnuyvyL
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 5, 2021
The move comes following their first round exit to the Denver Nuggets in six games.