This article is about the American basketball player and coach. For the British businessman, see Chris Gent.
Chris Jent
Jent in 2013
Personal information
Born
(1970-01-11) January 11, 1970 (age 54) Orange, California, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
Sparta (Sparta, New Jersey)
College
Ohio State (1988–1992)
NBA draft
1992: undrafted
Playing career
1992–2001
Position
Shooting guard / small forward
Number
21, 7
Coaching career
2003–present
Career history
As player:
1992–1993
Rapid City Thrillers
1993
Joventut Badalona
1993–1994
Columbus Horizon
1994
Houston Rockets
1994–1995
Rapid City Thrillers
1995
North Melbourne Giants
1995
Connecticut Pride
1995–1996
Napoli
1997
New York Knicks
1997
Napoli
1997
Atlantic City Seagulls
1997–1998
Reggiana
1998–1999
Andrea Costa Imola
1999–2000
Panionios
2000–2001
Reggiana
2001–2002
Pavia
As coach:
2003–2004
Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2004–2005
Orlando Magic (assistant)
2005
Orlando Magic (interim)
2006–2011
Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
2011–2013
Ohio State (assistant)
2013–2014
Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2015–2016
Bakersfield Jam
2016–2017
Ohio State (assistant)
2017–2022
Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
2022–2024
Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
NBA champion (1994)
All-NBL Third Team (1995)
2× Fourth-team Parade All-American (1987, 1988)
As assistant coach:
NBA In-Season Tournament champion (2023)
Big Ten Conference Tournament champion (2013)
Career NBA statistics
Points
37 (6.2 ppg)
Rebounds
16 (2.7 rpg)
Assists
8 (1.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing United States
FIBA Americas Championship
1993 San Juan
Team competition
Christopher Matthew Jent (born January 11, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who recently served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was formerly the head coach of the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.
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the NBA Coach of the Year award, winning it after the 1999–2000 season. ChrisJent is the team's only head coach to have spent his entire career with the...
McMillan's staff as an assistant coach. With McMillan and lead assistant ChrisJent entering health and safety protocols, Prunty served as acting head coach...
development and assistant coach. Three months later, former NBA coach ChrisJent would be the newest head coach for the Jam. On April 12, 2016, the Phoenix...
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Williamson, Brendan Malone, ChrisJent, and Dee Brown were brought in as assistant coaches. On July 10, NBA executive Chris Granger was hired as team president...
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team's head coach for the entire 2004–05 NBA season. He then promoted ChrisJent to interim head coach. Throughout the season, bolstered by Hill's return...
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Menetti as assistant to guide a team containing players of the caliber of ChrisJent, Diego Pastori, Marcelo Damiao, Gianluca Basile and the evergreen Mike...
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