Former NBA star and coach Jacque Vaughn is taking his talents to college basketball. Kansas is set to hire the two-time NBA head coach as an assistant basketball coach, according to ESPN. Kansas head coach Bill Self had a role to fill with the retirement of assistant Norm Roberts.

Former Kansas Jayhawks point guard Jacque Vaughn, who coached the NBA’s Orlando Magic and Brooklyn Nets after spending 12 years in the league as a player, has been hired an assistant men’s basketball coach at his alma mater, KU coach Bill Self announced Wednesday.

Jacque Vaughn is headed back to Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas struck a deal to hire the former Jayhawks star and NBA head coach as an assistant on Wednesday afternoon, the school announced. "We're very excited to welcome Jacque and [his wife] Laura into the fold,