Like Jacque Vaughn, Ime Udoka started out at an NBA player. And on two different occasions, Ime suited up for the Spurs. In fact, he and Vaughn played together.
From 2007-2009, Vaughn and Udoka were both players. In 2011, Vaughn had joined the Spurs as an assistant coach, Udoka returned as a player.
In 2012, Udoka took the vacancy left when Vaughn accepted the head coaching job in Orlando.
Unafraid to move around, Udoka played for fourteen different teams throughout the NBA, the D-League, the International Basketball Association, the United States Basketball League, as well as leagues in Argentina, Spain, and France before moving into assistant coaching in San Antonio.