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Jacque Vaughn is an American

United States

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former professional basketball

Basketball

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player. He last played for the San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

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of the NBA

National Basketball Association

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and is currently serving as an assistant coach for the team.

High school career

A native of Altadena, California

Altadena, California

Altadena is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately from the downtown Los Angeles Civic Center, and directly north of the city of Pasadena, California...

, Vaughn attended John Muir High School in nearby Pasadena

Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...

, becoming the best high school player in that area since former Muir High and NBA standout Stacey Augmon

Stacey Augmon

Stacey Orlando Augmon is a retired American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He gained the nickname "Plastic Man" due to his athletic ability to "stretch"...

. Vaughn excelled both on and off the court, and by his senior year was ranked as high as the #7 high school recruit in the country and the #2 point guard in the class of 1993 behind arguably the nation's top player that year, Randy Livingston

Randy Livingston

Randy Livingston is a former American professional basketball player who last played point guard for the NBA Development League's Idaho Stampede. He stands 6 ft 4 in and weighs 209 lb...

. Over the course of the season, Vaughn averaged over 21 points and 19 assists per game, while also compiling six triple-doubles. Named a First-Team All-American by nearly every publication on the market, Vaughn rounded off his special season with a selection to participate in the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game where he put on a show, scoring only 6 points but amassing 13 assists (still a McDonald's record), while also thoroughly outplaying the higher-ranked Livingston once again—this time on a national stage (they had both matched up against each other in the All-Star Game of the 1992 Nike Camp), and was named co-MVP with the North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

's Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Darnell Stackhouse is an American professional basketball player who plays both shooting guard and small forward. He most recently played for the Miami Heat. He is now an NBA TV analyst but remains as an eligible free agent....

in the process. After considering Georgetown

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

, Indiana

Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...

, UNLV, Arizona

University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

and UCLA, Vaughn decided to play for coach Roy Williams

Roy Williams (coach)

Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...

at Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

, continuing, along with fellow recruit and college roommate Scot Pollard

Scot Pollard

Scot L. Pollard is a retired American professional basketball player. In an eleven-year NBA career, he played for five teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Sacramento Kings and the Indiana Pacers...

, the California pipeline of high school hoopsters to Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

, started by former standouts Adonis Jordan

Adonis Jordan

Adonis Jordan moved from one coast to another and resettled in Los Angeles, California after his sophomore year in high school. He transferred to Cleveland High School in Reseda and joined future NBA veteran Lucious Harris as stars of the school's varsity basketball team...

and Rex Walters

Rex Walters

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, and continuing in later years with Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce

Paul Anthony Pierce , nicknamed The Truth, is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He earned First Team All-America honors in his junior year at Kansas, and has been a starter every season since being selected by the Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the...

, and Eric Chenowith

Eric Chenowith

Eric Chenowith is an American basketball player.As a high school player, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team in 1997. He played collegiately for University of Kansas, and was drafted by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round of the 2001 NBA Draft.He was under contract with the...

Collegiate career

In his college career Vaughn made an immediate impact, quickly becoming the starting point guard as a freshman by impressively beating out the incumbent starter, the ultra-quick Calvin Rayford, a former McDonald's All-American himself. Among Vaughn's first-year highlights were earning the MVP award at the 1993 Pre-Season NIT at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

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in New York City

New York City

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and hitting a game-winning three pointer at the overtime buzzer to beat Indiana in an early season game at Allen Fieldhouse

Allen Fieldhouse

Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The arena, named in honor of Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, who coached the university's men's basketball team for 39 years, is one of college basketball's most historically significant and prestigious buildings...

. Throughout his four years at Kansas, Vaughn was best known as a flashy distributor of the basketball and a pesky defender with great speed and court awareness. By the end of his college career, he was the all-time leader in assists in Kansas basketball history with 804 total (since surpassed by Aaron Miles), as well as the Big Eight Conference's all-time record holder. In 1997, the award given annually to the school's assist leader was renamed to include Vaughn, Miles and original assists leader, Cedric Hunter

Cedric Hunter

Cedric R. Hunter is an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'0" 180 lb point guard and played collegiately at the University of Kansas....

, as the Hunter/Vaughn/Miles Assists Award.

Professional career

In 1997, Vaughn was selected 27th overall by the Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

in the 1997 NBA Draft

1997 NBA Draft

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. In addition to playing four seasons in Utah, Vaughn also played with the Orlando Magic

Orlando Magic

The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...

, the Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...

(in two separate stints), New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets

The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...

, and San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

. He appeared in 64 games for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs during the 06-07 season and finished his career there, retiring after the 08-09 season. Over his career, he averaged 4.5 points per game and 2.5 assists per game. He also set an NBA record for consecutive missed field goal attempts to open a season, missing his first 22 to start the 2001 season with the Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

. After 12 seasons as a player in the NBA, in September 2010 Vaughn rejoined the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach.

Academic achievements

In addition to his athletic prowess, Vaughn continually excelled academically on both the scholastic and collegiate levels, maintaining a 3.94 GPA in high school Honors and AP courses and a 3.72 GPA as a Business Administration major at Kansas. As a senior in 1993, Vaughn was awarded the Dial Award

Dial Award

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as the nation's top male high school scholar-athlete, becoming the first basketball player ever to win that award, was a two-time Academic All-American at Kansas and the 1997 GTE Academic All-American of the Year. He was also named the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1996 and a was a two-time all-conference pick. His college jersey was retired on December 31, 2002 and hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse

Allen Fieldhouse

.

Vaughn, an avid poetry reader, is married to his college sweetheart, Laura, and has two sons, Jalen and Jeremiah.

Regular season

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 45 || 0 || 9.3 || .361 || .375 || .706 || .8 || 1.9 || .2 || .0 || 3.1
|-
| align="left" | 1998–99
| align="left" | Utah
| 19 || 0 || 4.6 || .367 || .250 || .833 || .6 || .6 || .3 || .0 || 2.3
|-
| align="left" | 1999–00
| align="left" | Utah
| 78 || 0 || 11.3 || .416 || .412 || .750 || .8 || 1.6 || .4 || .0 || 3.7
|-
| align="left" | 2000–01
| align="left" | Utah
| 82 || 0 || 19.8 || .433 || .385 || .780 || 1.8 || 3.9 || .6 || .0 || 6.1
|-
| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | Atlanta

Atlanta Hawks

| 82 || 16 || 22.6 || .470 || .444 || .825 || 2.0 || 4.3 || .8 || .0 || 6.6
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | Orlando

Orlando Magic

| 80 || 48 || 21.1 || .448 || .235 || .776 || 1.5 || 2.9 || .8 || .0 || 5.9
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Atlanta

Atlanta Hawks

| 71 || 6 || 17.9 || .386 || .150 || .779 || 1.6 || 2.7 || .6 || .0 || 3.8
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | New Jersey

New Jersey Nets

The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 71 || 34 || 19.9 || .449 || .333 || .835 || 1.5 || 1.9 || .6 || .0 || 5.3
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | New Jersey
| 80 || 6 || 15.4 || .437 || .167 || .728 || 1.1 || 1.5 || .5 || .0 || 3.4
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | San Antonio

San Antonio Spurs

| 64 || 4 || 11.9 || .425 || .500 || .754 || 1.1 || 2.0 || .4 || .0 || 3.0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | San Antonio
| 74 || 9 || 15.4 || .428 || .300 || .763 || 1.0 || 2.1 || .3 || .0 || 4.1
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09

2008–09 NBA season

The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...

| align="left" | San Antonio
| 30 || 0 || 9.7 || .320 || 1.000 || .889 || .7 || 1.8 || .2 || .0 || 2.2
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 776 || 123 || 16.3 || .429 || .352 || .779 || 1.3 || 2.5 || .5 || .0 || 4.5

Playoffs

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| align="left" | 1997–98

1998 NBA Playoffs

The 1998 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1997-98 NBA season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls winning their sixth championship of the decade by defeating the Western Conference champion Utah Jazz four...

| align="left" | Utah

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 7 || 0 || 3.4 || .200 || .500 || 1.000 || .4 || .6 || .0 || .0 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | 1998–99

1999 NBA Playoffs

The 1999 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1998-99 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs by defeating the eighth-seeded Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks four games to one...

| align="left" | Utah
| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .500 || 1.000 || .000 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.5
|-
| align="left" | 1999–00

2000 NBA Playoffs

The 2000 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1999–2000 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers win their first championship in twelve years by defeating the Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers...

| align="left" | Utah
| 7 || 0 || 9.6 || .357 || .500 || .875 || 1.7 || 1.6 || .6 || .1 || 4.0
|-
| align="left" | 2000–01

2001 NBA Playoffs

The 2001 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000–01 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers winning their second consecutive championship by defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers...

| align="left" | Utah
| 5 || 0 || 11.4 || .100 || .500 || .000 || .4 || 1.6 || .0 || .2 || .6
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03

2003 NBA Playoffs

The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2002-03 NBA season. This postseason was notable for being the first time all series were conducted in a best-of-7 format. It was also the only time in playoff history that no team was swept in a first-round series....

| align="left" | Orlando

Orlando Magic

| 7 || 6 || 18.7 || .364 || .000 || .769 || .9 || 3.6 || .6 || .1 || 4.9
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06

2006 NBA Playoffs

The 2006 NBA Playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2005–06 season. The Miami Heat won the first championship in the history of the franchise by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 4-2 in the 2006 NBA Finals...

| align="left" | New Jersey

New Jersey Nets

The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...

| 11 || 0 || 14.5 || .364 || .000 || .571 || 1.0 || 1.1 || .2 || .0 || 2.5
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07

2007 NBA Playoffs

The 2007 NBA Playoffs was the postseason to the National Basketball Association's 2006–2007 season.There were four rounds of postseason action, all of them in a best-of-seven format, with teams seeded on a bracket. The team with the better record wasn't necessarily the basis of seeding teams in...

| align="left" | San Antonio

San Antonio Spurs

| 20 || 0 || 10.4 || .400 || .000 || .500 || .5 || 1.4 || .2 || .0 || 2.2
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08

2008 NBA Playoffs

The 2008 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4–2....

| align="left" | San Antonio
| 14 || 0 || 6.5 || .273 || .000 || .000 || .6 || .6 || .1 || .0 || .9
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09

2009 NBA Playoffs

The 2009 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season. The playoffs started on April 18, 2009 with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV broadcasting the games in the United States...

| align="left" | San Antonio
| 2 || 0 || 10.5 || .400 || .000 || .500 || .0 || 2.0 || .5 || .0 || 3.5
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 75 || 6 || 10.2 || .342 || .400 || .690 || .7 || 1.4 || .2 || .0 || 2.2

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