Chris Jent

This article is about the American basketball player. For the businessman, see Chris Gent.

Chris Jent

No. 21, 7
Shooting guard / Small forward
Personal information
Date of birth	January 11, 1970 (1970-01-11)
Place of birth	Sparta, New Jersey
Nationality	American
High school	Sparta (New Jersey)
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	Ohio State (1988–1992)
Pro career	1992–2001
Career history
As player:
1992–1993	Rapid City Thrillers (CBA)
1993	Joventut Badalona (Spain)
1993–1994	Columbus Horizon (CBA)
1994	Houston Rockets
1994–1995	Rapid City Thrillers (CBA)
1995	North Melbourne Giants (Australia)
1995	Connecticut Pride (CBA)
1995–1996	Serapide Pozzuoli Napoli (Italy)
1997	New York Knicks
1997	Serapide Pozzuoli Napoli (Italy)
1997	Atlantic City Seagulls (USBL)
1997–1998	CFM Reggio Emilia (Italy)
1998–1999	Termal Imola (Italy)
1999–2000	Panionios (Greece)
2000–2001	CFM Reggio Emilia (Italy)
As coach:
2005	Orlando Magic
Career highlights and awards
NBA Champion (1994)
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 Competitor for United States FIBA Americas Championship Gold 1993 San Juan Team competition

Chris Jent (born January 11, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player and former coach in the NBA. He is currently an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ohio State.

Jent was born in Orange, California and 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). He played in 11 playoff games in 1994. 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. 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.

On June 29, 2011, Ohio State head basketball coach Thad Matta introduced Jent as an assistant coach for the Buckeyes.

External links

• Chris Jent (as coach): 2004-2005 Orlando Magic
• Chris Jent (as player)