Jacque Vaughn who joined the Brooklyn Nets in 2016 as an assistant coach and had two stints as an interim head coach before finally securing the top job a year ago, has been fired, according to various reports Monday morning.
After Adrian Wojnarowski, Shams Charania and Chris Hayes all reported the dismissal, the Nets put out a statement from Sean Marks, who had hired Vaughn as one of his first acts as GM and had been Vaughn’s biggest advocate.
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Separately the Nets said an interim coach will be named in the “near future.