Chris Jent

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the basketballer. For the businessman, see Chris Gent.

Chris Jent (born January 11, 1970 in Orange, California) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the NBA.

Jent grew up in Sparta, New Jersey. 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). 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.

As a manager, he 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. From 2005-2008, he backed up Mike Brown at the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In 2005, Jent returned to Ohio State to complete his degree, graduating in the summer of 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in Communications. He and his wife Alice have two children, a son named Jimmy and a daughter named Corin.

[edit] Trivia

  • In the SNES NBA Live 95 video game, his name is misspelled as Chris Dent.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Johnny Davis		 Orlando Magic head coach (interim)
2005		 Succeeded by
Brian Hill
v • d • e
Houston Rockets 1993-94 NBA Champions

1 Brooks | 7 Herrera | 10 Cassell | 11 Maxwell | 17 Elie | 21 Jent | 25 Horry | 30 Smith | 33 Thorpe | 34 Olajuwon (Finals MVP) | 35 Cureton | 50 Bullard | Coach Tomjanovich
v • d • e
Orlando Magic
The Franchise
Arenas
Coaches
Guokas • Hill • Adubato • Daly • Rivers • Davis • Jent • Hill • Van Gundy
D-League Affiliate
Administration
RDV Sports, Inc. (Rich DeVos, Owner & Chairman) • Otis Smith (General Manager) • Stan Van Gundy (Head Coach)
Notable Figures
Retired Numbers
6 (The Sixth Man)
Conference Championships (1)
1995 (Eastern)
Rivals
This biographical article relating to a U.S. basketball player, coach, or other figure born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.