Kansas basketball alum Jacque Vaughn has been coaching in the NBA since his own professional career ended in 2009. He was an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs before getting a head coaching job with the Orlando Magic in 2012. That didn’t work out, but Vaughn rebounded by becoming an assistant with the Brooklyn Nets in 2016.
Earlier today, Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson and the organization “mutually agreed that a coaching change would be in the best interest of the team,” and Jacque Vaughn was named as interim head coach for the duration of the season.