Brooklyn Nets Hire Jacque Vaughn as New Head Coach

On Wednesday, the Brooklyn Nets officially announced Jacque Vaughn as head coach. According to ESPN, Vaughn had been “serving as interim head coach since replacing former coach Steve Nash on Nov. 1.”

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, said that Vaughn’s promotion “comes with a deal through the 2023-24 season.” Vaughn previously was the team’s head coach for around “10 regular-season games” during the 2019-20 season, and was midway through his seventh season as an assistant coach with the Nets. Many, including Nets guard Joe Harris, are happy with Vaughn as coach, saying he led the Nets in his first game with the team against the Knicks, where they “beat the Knicks 112-85 for their third win in four games.”