Cardinal Assistant Accepts Challenge: Few programs can lay claim to Portland’s level of futility. In the past 25 years, the Pilots have had one winning season. Now Stanford assistant coach Eric Reveno must find a way to turn around a history — forget about a culture — of losing. Reveno comes from good stock, however, as an assistant coach at one of the most celebrated schools in the Northwest — Stanford. Reveno has been a Cardinal assistant for nine years, including two years as associate head coach when Mike Montgomery left the school to coach Golden State. The Portland job will be his first head coaching position. He replaces Michael Holton, who compiled a 54-91 record in five seasons in which the Pilots never got past the first round of the West Coast Conference tournament. [4/10/06]