Mike O'Koren

A graduate of The University of North Carolina, where he played under Dean Smith, O\'Koren was a first round draft pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1980 and played for the Nets and Washington Bullets in a career that ended in 1988.\n', ' After his retirement, O\'Koren joined the Nets\' broadcast team and remained there until 1999, when he joined Don Casey\'s staff as an assistant coach. He returned to Washington in 2003 when Eddie Jordan, with whom he had served in New Jersey, hired him to be the associate head coach of the Wizards. O\'Koren also served as an assistant under Jordan with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2009–10 season.\n', ' After he was let go by the 76ers, O\'Koren returned to broadcasting and called high school games for FiOS1 New Jersey before Jordan hired him to serve on his staff at Rutgers in 2014.\n', '