Chris Jent

Chris Jent (born January 11, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player and an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Jent was born in Orange, California and grew up in Sparta, New Jersey.^[1] After attending high school at Sparta High School, he played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes, leaving in 1992 after four seasons. He had a brief career in the NBA, playing three games each for the Houston Rockets (winning a championship ring in 1994) and New York Knicks (1996–97). He played in 11 playoff games in 1994, thus giving him the rare distinction of having played in more career playoff-games than regular-season games in the NBA. In between his stints with the Rockets and the Knicks, he played with the Australian NBL's North Melbourne Giants in 1995 and also played in Italy, Spain and Greece.

Jent was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2003-04 season. The next season he worked in the same capacity with the Orlando Magic, and was appointed interim head coach for the final 18 games of the 2004-2005 season (going 5-13), after Johnny Davis was fired. At the start of the next season he was replaced by Brian Hill. Beginning in November 2006, Jent took on the role of Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He served as LeBron James' personal shooting coach while James was on the team.^[2]

On June 29, 2011, Ohio State head basketball coach Thad Matta introduced Jent as an assistant coach for the Buckeyes. On June 10, 2013, Jent became an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings.^[3]

References

↑ Chris Jent, National Basketball Association. Accessed June 28, 2011. "Jent, a native of Sparta, N.J., graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in communications."
↑ SI.com article, accessed February 27, 2009.
↑ KINGS ADD CHRIS JENT TO COACHING STAFF

v t e Orlando Magic head coaches

Matt Guokas (1989–1993) Brian Hill (1993–1997) Richie Adubato # (1997) Chuck Daly (1997–1999) Doc Rivers (1999–2003) Johnny Davis (2003–2005) Chris Jent # (2005) Brian Hill (2005–2007) Stan Van Gundy (2007–2012) Jacque Vaughn (2012– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Sacramento Kings current roster

3 McCallum 5 Acy 7 Fredette 8 Gay 13 Williams 15 Cousins 16 McLemore 22 Thomas 23 Thornton 24 Landry 25 Outlaw 34 Thompson 33 Gray

Head coach: M. Malone Assistant coaches: Jent Brown Williamson Nori Bowen

v t e Houston Rockets 1993–94 NBA Champions

1 Scott Brooks 5 Richard Petruška 7 Carl Herrera 10 Sam Cassell 11 Vernon Maxwell 17 Mario Elie 20 Larry Robinson 21 Chris Jent 25 Robert Horry 30 Kenny Smith 33 Otis Thorpe 34 Hakeem Olajuwon (Finals MVP) 35 Earl Cureton 42 Eric Riley 50 Matt Bullard Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich Assistant coaches Bill Berry Jim Boylen Carroll Dawson Larry Smith

Regular season • Playoffs

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Name	Jent, Chris
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Short description	American basketball player and coach
Date of birth	January 11, 1970
Place of birth	Orange, California
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