Jacque Trevan Vaughn (born February 11, 1975) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the

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of the

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. Vaughn played in the

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(NBA) for the

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, and

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from 1997 to 2009.

Playing career

High school

A native of

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, Vaughn attended John Muir High School in nearby

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, where he maintained a 3.94

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, and became the best high school player in that area since former Muir and NBA standout Stacey 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 six triple-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 prestigious

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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 with

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's Jerry Stackhouse in the process. After considering Georgetown,

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and

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, Vaughn decided to play for coach Roy Williams at

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, continuing, along with fellow recruit and college roommate Scot Pollard, the California pipeline of high school hoopsters to

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, started by former standouts Adonis Jordan and

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, and continuing in later years with

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and Eric Chenowith. As a senior in high school in 1992, Vaughn was awarded the Dial Award as the nation's top male high school scholar-athlete, becoming the first basketball player ever to win that award.

College

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 at

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and hitting a game-winning three pointer at the overtime buzzer to beat Indiana in an early season game at

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. 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 by Aaron Miles), as well as the Big Eight Conference's all-time record holder. In 1995, Vaughn was named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by ''Diverse: Issues In Higher Education''. 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 3.72

as a business administration major. 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 the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1996. His college jersey was retired on December 31, 2002, and hangs in the rafters of

Professional

In 1997, Vaughn was selected 27th overall by the

in the 1997 NBA draft. In addition to playing four seasons in Utah, Vaughn also played with the

, the

(in two separate stints),

, and

. 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 the

. After those 22 straight misses he shot a career best 47 percent that season.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Coaching career

Vaughn was an assistant coach with the

from 2010 to 2012. On July 28, 2012, Vaughn was named the new head coach of the

. On February 5, 2015, he was fired by the Magic. Vaughn then spent the 2015–16 season working as a professional scout for the Spurs. He was hired as Kenny Atkinson's top assistant coach for the

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prior to the 2016–17 season, and was promoted to interim head coach position in March 2020 following Atkinson's mid-season departure. On September 3, 2020, the Nets hired

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as head coach, while Vaughn returned to his position as assistant coach. On November 1, 2022, Vaughn was named interim head coach after the Nets and Steve Nash parted ways, and on November 9, he was announced as permanent Nets head coach. On February 21, 2023, the Nets signed Vaughn to a contract extension. 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. On May 21, 2025, Vaughn was named assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas

Head coaching record

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Personal life

Vaughn and his wife were married in 2003. The couple have two sons. He enjoys reading and writing poetry.

References

External links

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