_01.png) Vaughn in 2024 | |
| Kansas Jayhawks | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| League | Big 12 Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1975-02-11)February 11, 1975 (age 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | John Muir (Pasadena, California) |
| College | Kansas (1993–1997) |
| NBA draft | 1997: 1st round, 27th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Utah Jazz |
| Playing career | 1997–2009 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 11 |
| Coaching career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1997–2001 | Utah Jazz |
| 2001–2002 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2002–2003 | Orlando Magic |
| 2003–2004 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2004–2006 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2006–2009 | San Antonio Spurs |
Coaching | |
| 2010–2012 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) |
| 2012–2015 | Orlando Magic |
| 2016–2022 | Brooklyn Nets (assistant) |
| 2020 | Brooklyn Nets (interim) |
| 2022–2024 | Brooklyn Nets |
| 2025–present | Kansas (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
| |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 3,463 (4.5 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,028 (1.3 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,919 (2.5 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Jacque Trevan Vaughn (born February 11, 1975)[1] is an American professionalbasketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for theKansas Jayhawks of theBig 12 Conference. Vaughn played in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) for theUtah Jazz,Atlanta Hawks,Orlando Magic,New Jersey Nets, andSan Antonio Spurs from 1997 to 2009.
A native ofAltadena, California, Vaughn attendedJohn Muir High School in nearbyPasadena, where he maintained a 3.94GPA,[2] and became the best high school player in that area since former Muir and NBA standoutStacey Augmon. Vaughn excelled both on and off the court, and by his senior year was ranked as high as the no. 7 high school recruit in the country and the no. 2 point guard in the class of 1993 behind arguably the nation's top player that year,Randy Livingston. Over the course of the season, Vaughn averaged over 21 points and 19 assists per game, while also compiling sixtriple-doubles. Named a First-Team All-American by nearly every publication on the market, Vaughn rounded off his special season with a selection to participate in the prestigiousMcDonald's All-American Game where he put on a show, scoring only 6 points but amassing 13 assists (still a McDonald's record), while also thoroughly outplaying the higher-ranked Livingston once again—this time on a national stage (they had both matched up against each other in the All-Star Game of the 1992 Nike Camp), and was named co-MVP withNorth Carolina'sJerry Stackhouse in the process. After consideringGeorgetown,Indiana,UNLV,Arizona andUCLA, Vaughn decided to play for coachRoy Williams atKansas, continuing, along with fellow recruit and college roommateScot Pollard, the California pipeline of high school hoopsters toLawrence, Kansas, started by former standoutsAdonis Jordan andRex Walters, and continuing in later years withPaul Pierce andEric Chenowith.
As a senior in high school in 1992, Vaughn was awarded theDial Award as the nation's top male high school scholar-athlete, becoming the first basketball player ever to win that award.[3]
In his college career Vaughn became the starting point guard as a freshman after being chosen to replace incumbent starter Calvin Rayford. Among his first-year highlights were earning the MVP award at the 1993 Pre-Season NIT atMadison Square Garden inNew York City and hitting a game-winning three pointer at the overtime buzzer to beat Indiana in an early season game atAllen Fieldhouse.[4] Throughout his four years at Kansas, Vaughn was known as a good distributor of the basketball and effective defender with great speed and court awareness. By the end of his college career, he was the all-time leader in assists in Kansas basketball history with 804 total (since surpassed byAaron Miles), as well as the Big Eight Conference's all-time record holder. In 1995, Vaughn was named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar byDiverse: Issues In Higher Education.[5] Additionally in 1997, the award given annually to the school's assist leader was renamed to include Vaughn, Miles and original assists leader,Cedric Hunter, as the Hunter/Vaughn/Miles Assists Award.
Vaughn earned a 3.72GPA as a business administration major.[6] He was a two-time Academic All-American at Kansas and the 1997 GTE Academic All-American of the Year. He was also a two-time all-conference pick and was named theBig Eight Player of the Year in 1996. His college jersey was retired on December 31, 2002, and hangs in the rafters ofAllen Fieldhouse.[7]
In 1997, Vaughn was selected 27th overall by theUtah Jazz in the1997 NBA draft. In addition to playing four seasons in Utah, Vaughn also played with theOrlando Magic, theAtlanta Hawks (in two separate stints),New Jersey Nets, andSan Antonio Spurs. He appeared in 64 games for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs during the 2006–07 season and finished his career there, retiring after the 2008–09 season. Over his career, he averaged 4.5 points per game and 2.5 assists per game. He also set an NBA record for consecutive missed field goal attempts to open a season, missing his first 22 to start the 2001 season with theAtlanta Hawks. After those 22 straight misses he shot a career best 47 percent that season.
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| † | Won anNBA championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Utah | 45 | 0 | 9.3 | .361 | .375 | .706 | .8 | 1.9 | .2 | .0 | 3.1 |
| 1998–99 | Utah | 19 | 0 | 4.6 | .367 | .250 | .833 | .6 | .6 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 |
| 1999–00 | Utah | 78 | 0 | 11.3 | .416 | .412 | .750 | .8 | 1.6 | .4 | .0 | 3.7 |
| 2000–01 | Utah | 82 | 0 | 19.8 | .433 | .385 | .780 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .6 | .0 | 6.1 |
| 2001–02 | Atlanta | 82 | 16 | 22.6 | .470 | .444 | .825 | 2.0 | 4.3 | .8 | .0 | 6.6 |
| 2002–03 | Orlando | 80 | 48 | 21.1 | .448 | .235 | .776 | 1.5 | 2.9 | .8 | .0 | 5.9 |
| 2003–04 | Atlanta | 71 | 6 | 17.9 | .386 | .150 | .779 | 1.6 | 2.7 | .6 | .0 | 3.8 |
| 2004–05 | New Jersey | 71 | 34 | 19.9 | .449 | .333 | .835 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .6 | .0 | 5.3 |
| 2005–06 | New Jersey | 80 | 6 | 15.4 | .437 | .167 | .728 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 3.4 |
| 2006–07† | San Antonio | 64 | 4 | 11.9 | .425 | .500 | .754 | 1.1 | 2.0 | .4 | .0 | 3.0 |
| 2007–08 | San Antonio | 74 | 9 | 15.4 | .428 | .300 | .763 | 1.0 | 2.1 | .3 | .0 | 4.1 |
| 2008–09 | San Antonio | 30 | 0 | 9.7 | .320 | 1.000 | .889 | .7 | 1.8 | .2 | .0 | 2.2 |
| Career | 776 | 123 | 16.3 | .429 | .352 | .779 | 1.3 | 2.5 | .5 | .0 | 4.5 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Utah | 7 | 0 | 3.4 | .200 | .500 | 1.000 | .4 | .6 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | Utah | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .500 | 1.000 | — | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | Utah | 7 | 0 | 9.6 | .357 | .500 | .875 | 1.7 | 1.6 | .6 | .1 | 4.0 |
| 2001 | Utah | 5 | 0 | 11.4 | .100 | .500 | — | .4 | 1.6 | .0 | .2 | .6 |
| 2003 | Orlando | 7 | 6 | 18.7 | .364 | .000 | .769 | .9 | 3.6 | .6 | .1 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | New Jersey | 11 | 0 | 14.5 | .364 | .000 | .571 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .2 | .0 | 2.5 |
| 2007† | San Antonio | 20 | 0 | 10.4 | .400 | — | .500 | .5 | 1.4 | .2 | .0 | 2.2 |
| 2008 | San Antonio | 14 | 0 | 6.5 | .273 | .000 | — | .6 | .6 | .1 | .0 | .9 |
| 2009 | San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 10.5 | .400 | — | .500 | .0 | 2.0 | .5 | .0 | 3.5 |
| Career | 75 | 6 | 10.2 | .342 | .400 | .690 | .7 | 1.4 | .2 | .0 | 2.2 | |
Vaughn was an assistant coach with theSan Antonio Spurs from 2010 to 2012. On July 28, 2012, Vaughn was named the new head coach of theOrlando Magic.[8] On February 5, 2015, he was fired by the Magic.[9] Vaughn then spent the 2015–16 season working as a professional scout for the Spurs.[10] He was hired asKenny Atkinson's top assistant coach for theBrooklyn Nets prior to the 2016–17 season,[11][12] and was promoted to interim head coach position in March 2020 following Atkinson's mid-season departure.[13] On September 3, 2020, the Nets hiredSteve Nash as head coach, while Vaughn returned to his position as assistant coach.[14][15]
On November 1, 2022, Vaughn was named interim head coach after the Nets and Steve Nash parted ways,[16][17] and on November 9, he was announced as permanent Nets head coach.[18] On February 21, 2023, the Nets signed Vaughn to a contract extension.[19] On February 19, 2024, the Nets fired Vaughn after the team started the season with a 21–33 record and were out of playoff contention at the time of this firing.[20][21]
On May 21, 2025, Vaughn was named assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas[22]
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 2012–13 | 82 | 20 | 62 | .244 | 5th inSoutheast | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Orlando | 2013–14 | 82 | 23 | 59 | .280 | 5th in Southeast | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Orlando | 2014–15 | 52 | 15 | 37 | .288 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brooklyn | 2019–20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4th inAtlantic | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | Lost inFirst Round |
| Brooklyn | 2022–23 | 75 | 43 | 32 | .573 | 4th in Atlantic | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | Lost inFirst Round |
| Brooklyn | 2023–24 | 54 | 21 | 33 | .389 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 355 | 129 | 226 | .363 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .000 | |||
Vaughn and his wife were married in 2003. The couple have two sons. He enjoys reading and writing poetry.[23][24]
Media related toJacque Vaughn at Wikimedia Commons