PORTLAND, Ore. – Former Portland State head coach Tyler Geving has joined the University of Portland as a men's basketball assistant coach in an interim role, head coach Terry Porter announced on Friday. Geving will fill in for Kramer Knutson who is on family leave from the program.

Geving brings 20-plus years of college basketball coaching experience to the Pilots' bench, including eight seasons as head coach at Portland State from 2009-17 where he won 112 games and led the Vikings to the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

He spent four years as the Associate Head Coach of the Vikings from 2005-09, which included a pair of Big Sky Conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2008 and 2009.

Prior to his tenure on the Park Blocks, Geving served as an assistant at Central Washington, Seattle Pacific and Seattle University. He also had stops at Highline Community College and served as co-Head Coach of Edmonds Community College in 2004-05.

Portland returns four starters, seven lettermen, four redshirt players, and adds five newcomers to the 2018-19 roster. The Pilots return six of the top seven scorers from last season, including All-WCC honorable mention guard, Marcus Shaver Jr.

The Pilots will have a Purple-White Scrimmage that is open to the public on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Chiles Center. Season tickets, group packages and some single-game tickets are available now by calling 503-943-GoUP (4687) or visiting PortlandPilots.com/Tickets.

Pilots Referral Program
Portland is also unveiling a new men's basketball ticket referral program this season. Fans will be rewarded with future ticket credits and other prizes when referrals lead to new season ticket or group package purchases. A trip to the WCC Tournament and joining head coach Terry Porter at a Portland Trail Blazers game are among the top prizes! For more information regarding the new referral program, please contact an account representative in the Pilots Ticket Office by calling 503-943-GoUP (4687) or visiting www.portlandpilots.com/basketballreferral.