High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaff (born February 11, 1944 in Benham, Kentucky) is an assistant coach for the NBA`s Portland Trail Blazers. Prior to the Trail Blazers, Bickerstaff was an assistant for the Chicago Bulls and Executive Vice President of the Charlotte Bobcats. He also coached the Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets and Washington Bullets/Wizards before becoming the first head coach and general manager in Bobcats history. Bickerstaff has a career record of 414–512. His total wins rank 33rd all-time among head coaches. He has served in numerous positions in the front office on these teams, including president, general manager, and assistant coach, in spite have never having won an NBA Championship and having lost 98 more games than he has won as a head coach.