Chris Jent

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

Chris Jent

Jent in 2013.
Bakersfield Jam
Position	Head Coach
Personal information
Born	(1970-01-11) January 11, 1970 Orange, California
Nationality	American
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 (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:
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)
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 Representing United States FIBA Americas Championship 1993 San Juan Team competition

Christopher Matthew "Chris" Jent (born January 11, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player.

Early life and college career

Jent was born in Orange, California and grew up in Sparta, New Jersey. After attending high school at Sparta High School (New Jersey), he played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes, leaving in 1992 after four seasons.

Professional playing career

Undrafted in the 1992 NBA draft, Jent was drafted in the fourth round (50th overall) in the 1992 CBA draft. Jent began his professional career with CBA teams Rapid City Thrillers and Columbus Horizon.

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, thus giving him the rare distinction of having played in more career playoff-games than regular-season games in the NBA. 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.

Coaching career

Jent 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. On June 10, 2013, Jent became an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings. He was relieved of his duty on December 16, 2014.

Head coaching record

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Orlando	2004–05	18	5	13	.278	3rd in Southeast	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Career		18	5	13	.278		—	—	—	—