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Nets filling out coaching staff, land Kevin Ollie and Ronnie Burrell as assistant coaches

The Brooklyn Nets are filling out their coaching staff. First, Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Kevin Ollie, the former NBA player and NCAA-winning UConn coach, will be joining Jacque Vaughn’s staff as an assistant...

Ollie was a finalist for the Detroit Pistons head coaching job and won the 2014 NCAA championship as UConn’s coach. He recently left Overtime Elite after two years of running that NBA-feeder program. https://t.co/bIVg6SJJRz

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 3, 2023

That was a bit of a surprise. The Nets are hiring Ollie after he lost out on the Pistons head coach job.