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Huntsville Flight assistant coach Michael Born has been named as a domestic scout for the Portland Trail Blazers. Born is the eighth NBDL coach to earn a call-up to the NBA umbrella and the fourth this summer.

Born served two seasons as assistant coach of the Flight, helping head coach Ralph Lewis guide Huntsville to the NBDL Postseason Classic championship game last season. He joins former Columbus assistant Rob Werdann, former Greenville assistant Stephanie Ready and former Fayetteville head coach Jeff Capel as coaches who earned a call-up this summer.

He is the second former Huntsville coach to earn a promotion. The Flight’s first head coach, Bob Thornton, was hired as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls following the NBDL’s first season.