The move comes just over a week after the team fired Steve Nash and amid speculation the Nets were attempting to hire suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka.
The Brooklyn Nets officially named Jacque Vaughn as the team's head coach, just over a week after he was named acting head coach.
Vaughn was in his seventh season as an assistant coach with the team when he took over on a seemingly temporary basis November 1The hiring ends widespread speculation that Brooklyn was in talks to hire suspended Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka.
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