Background
Jent was born in Orange, California and grew up in Sparta, New Jersey.
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Jent was born in Orange, California and grew up in Sparta, New Jersey.
Ohio State University.
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. Undrafted in the 1992 National Basketball Association draft, Jent was drafted in the fourth round (50th overall) in the 1992 College of Business Administration draft. Jent began his professional career with College of Business Administration teams Rapid City Thrillers and Columbus Horizon.
He had a brief career in the National Basketball Association, playing three games each for the Houston Rockets (winning a championship ring in 1994) and New York Knicks (1996-1997).
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 National Basketball Association. 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. Jent was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2003-2004 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.
Jent would later on be the newest head coach for the Bakersfield Jam after their former head coach ended up accepting an assistant coach/leading player development position for the Phoenix Suns.
