

ASSISTANT COACH
Roy Rogers begins his first season with the Nets as an assistant on Lawrence Frank’s staff. Rogers most recently served as an assistant coach for the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League during the 2007-08 season. Prior to his stint in Austin, Rogers spent two seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) with the Tulsa 66ers. He began his coaching career in 2004 as an assistant with the Huntsville Flight, now the Albuquerque Thunderbirds.
Selected 22nd overall in the 1996 NBA Draft out of the University of Alabama, Rogers spent three years in the NBA. In 137 career games with four teams (Vancouver, Boston, Toronto and Denver), Rogers averaged 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds. Rogers also played four seasons (2000- 04) of professional basketball internationally, with stops in Russia, Italy, Greece and Poland.
Rogers and his wife, Patricia, have three children, Jasmine, Jordan and Saige. 25