Mark Warkentien (April 16, 1953 – December 23, 2022) was a basketball coach and executive whose most recent job was as a special assignment evaluator for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
During his time in Portland, Warkentien held several positions, including scout, assistant general manager, and director of player personnel.
Warkentien was elevated to vice president of basketball operations of the Denver Nuggets in 2006, replacing the released Kiki Vandeweghe shortly after the season ended.
His transactions included sending Allen Iverson to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups, and signing free-agent Chris Andersen, while moving the Nuggets under the luxury tax at the same time.
[6] Soon after in 2012,[1] Warkentien became a "Basketball GM and Scouting" instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide.