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NY Post
New York Post
19 Feb 2024


NextImg:Former UConn coach Kevin Ollie taking over Nets as interim coach

A decade after leading his alma mater to a national championship, Kevin Ollie is getting a shot in the NBA with the Nets as their interim head coach.

Ollie is replacing Jacque Vaughn, fired on Monday morning as the skidding Nets were showing no signs of improvement, ESPN reported.

The 51-year-old Ollie played 13 seasons in the NBA and coached Connecticut to the 2014 national championship.

Nets assistant Kevin Ollie will be the team’s interim head coach after Jacque Vaughn’s firing. AP

But the Huskies struggled after that, failing to make the NCAA Tournament in 2016 and 2017 before his dismissal.

Ollie later coached with Overtime Elite, the new high school league that pays players, before joining the Nets as an assistant this year.

Ollie is relatively inexperienced at the professional level as a coach.

Before taking over at Connecticut, he was an assistant at the school under Jim Calhoun.

Kevin Ollie cuts down the net after UConn wins the national championship on April 7, 2014.
Kevin Ollie cuts down the net after UConn wins the national championship on April 7, 2014. AP

Ollie was a candidate for the Pistons’ head-coaching job last summer before the team hired Monty Williams.