ESPN.com · Feb 20, 2024
Nets promote Kevin Ollie to interim coach, replacing Jacque Vaughn
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After firing coach Jacque Vaughn, the Brooklyn Nets promoted assistant Kevin Ollie to interim head coach on Tuesday.
Ollie will run the Nets' practice on Tuesday and start his head-coaching duties on Thursday against the Toronto Raptors. The Nets have 28 regular-season games left.
The Nets' hopes are that Ollie can re-energize a roster that has dropped into the bottom 10 in offensive and defensive efficiency since mid-December. Ollie -- who played 13 seasons in the NBA -- won a national championship as UConn's coach in 2014 and joined the Nets as an assistant coach this season.