The Brooklyn Nets are making yet another coaching change.
Jacque Vaughn was fired Monday morning, the team announced, with the Nets struggling through a 21-33 season at the NBA All-Star break, siting 2.5 games out of the final play-in tournament spot.
Brooklyn did not immediately name an interim head coach.
“This was an incredibly difficult decision, but one we feel is in the best interest of the team going forward,” Nets general Manager Sean Marks said in a statement.
“Jacque has represented this organization with exemplary character and class for the past eight years. The consistent positivity and passion he poured into our team daily will remain with the players and staff he interacted with throughout his tenure. We thank Jacque for all he has done for the Nets and the borough of Brooklyn, and wish him, Laura and their family nothing but the best in the future.”
The Nets got off to a decent start at 13-10 but are 8-23 in their last 31 games.
Vaughn, 49, joined the Nets as an assistant in 2016 when Kenny Atkinson was hired as the head coach.
Vaughn was the team’s interim head coach when it fired Atkinson midseason in 2020.
The Nets then hired Steve Nash, who lasted just two seasons before Vaughn was named the full-time head coach.
Vaughn received a multi-year contract extension last February.
The Nets’ next permanent head coach will be the fourth hired under Marks, assuming he remains in the job.
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