Nets Name Jacque Vaughn New Head Coach | The Sporting Base
[google-translator]

Nets name Jacque Vaughn new head coach

November 11, 2022

Nets name Jacque Vaughn new head coach

According to the Associated Press on Wednesday, the Brooklyn Nets have named Jacque Vaughn of Los Angeles, California as their new head coach. Vaughn takes over from Steve Nash of Victoria, British Columbia, who was fired last Tuesday. 

Vaughn was initially named the interim head coach when Nash was let go. On Wednesday, the Nets took the “interim” label off of Vaughn’s job title and gave him the position.

There had been wide speculation that the Nets were going to hire Ime Udoka of Portland, Oregon as their new head coach. Udoka is currently suspended by the Boston Celtics for inappropriate conduct with a female employee last season. The fact that the Nets were even considering Udoka was a surprise because it did not look good from an optics perspective that they were going to hire him while he was suspended by another team.

Now Vaughn will have a difficult challenge in trying to accomplish something Nash failed to do. That is to build team chemistry in an organization that has been struggling to gel in recent years.


[adrotate group=”27″]


After 12 games so far, the Nets have a record of five wins and seven losses. The team only has one of their big three stars in the lineup regularly. That is Kevin Durant of Washington, D.C., who its averaging 30.8 points per game. Kyrie Irving has been suspended for posting a link of antisemitism on his Twitter account, while Ben Simmons is seeing limited minutes at this time because of a knee injury. Both Irving and Simmons are Australian natives, as they were both born in Melbourne.

Vaughn has prior head coaching experience. He was with the Orlando Magic from 2012 to 2015. There he posted a record of 58 wins and 158 losses. Vaughn was also the Nets interim head coach in 2019-20, and had a record of seven wind and three losses.

In Vaughn’s first game as a head coach with the Nets without the interim tag, Brooklyn clobbered the New York Knicks 112-85. It was a great game for Durant, who had a triple double. He had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

Was Vaughn the right man for the job? Should the Nets have taken a chance on Udoka? Tell us what you think in the comments below. 

Leave a Reply

April 4, 2025

Carmelo Anthony to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame

According to Rogers Sportsnet on Wednesday, Carmelo Anthony will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2025 Anthony played 19 seasons in the NBA as a Read More

April 3, 2025

Stephen Curry records 15th 50+ point NBA game

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry of Akron, Ohio recorded the 15th 50+ point game of his career on Tuesday He accomplished the feat by scoring 52 points in a 134-125 Warriors win over Read More

April 2, 2025

Nets deliver upset win over the Mavericks

The Brooklyn Nets delivered a significant upset on Monday Despite being an 115 point underdog heading into their game against the Dallas Mavericks, the Nets came through with a 113-109 Read More