Jacque Vaughn

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Jacque Vaughn: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you have a better example of his signature, or a story about it, the note at the foot of this page still stands.

The Dial Award for the nation's top high school scholar-athlete went to a basketball player for the first time in 1992 — Vaughn, out of John Muir High with a 3.94 GPA. At Kansas he set school and Big Eight assist records, was the 1997 Academic All-American of the Year, and saw his jersey retired at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jazz took him 27th in 1997 to apprentice at point guard for four seasons, and he retired in 2009 with a ring from the 2007 Spurs.

He has coached nearly ever since — head coach of the Orlando Magic and later the Brooklyn Nets, and now an assistant at his alma mater Kansas. Married since 2003 with two sons, he reads and writes poetry.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 27th overall in 1997 and he spent four seasons behind John Stockton. The Jazz made no effort to re-sign him in 2001, confident Stockton would return with John Crotty as backup. He signed with Atlanta that July.

Full name

Jacque Trevan Vaughn

Utah Jazz tenure

1997–2001

Position

Guard

Born

1975, Los Angeles

Height

6′1″ (185 cm)

Weight

190 lb (86 kg)

College

Kansas

Drafted

1997, 1st round (No. 27), Utah