Former Jazz Assistant Coach Keyon Dooling Discusses Time In Jail
Jan 24, 2025, 3:41 PM
Former NBA player Keyon Dooling (R) and Natosha Dooling (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for BET)
(Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for BET)
SALT LAKE CITY – Former NBA player and Utah Jazz assistant coach Keyon Dooling is out of jail, and sharing his story after his release.
Dooling served 10 months of a multi-year prison sentence for his role in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.
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Former Jazz Assistant Keyon Dooling Discusses Jail Sentence, Release
In 2020, Dooling, a 13-year NBA veteran was hired by the Jazz to join then-head coach Quin Snyder’s coaching staff.
Two years later, the Jazz assistant was named in an FBI probe after receiving $363,000 in fraudulent reimbursements from the league’s Health and Welfare Benefit plan.
Dooling joined the Straight Game Podcast with Mike Bibby, Eddie House, and Ty Ellis to discuss his time in jail.
“When you make bad choices, bad decisions, you have to live with the consequences that come along with it,” Dooling said. “It’ll shape you, it’ll mold you, and it’ll help you to find a new version of yourself.”
“I won’t be defined by that, I’ll be REFINED by that, and I’ll meet a different version of myself”@Keyon_Dooling on how his time in prison changed him as a person.
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Former NBA forward Alan Anderson was also found guilty in the case and sentenced to 24 months, while league veteran Terrence Williams was given 10 years for providing fake invoices to the players.
“It’s disappointing when you hear people who you’ve got 20, 30-year relationships with on wiretaps,” Dooling said on the podcast. “That’s a different type of blow to the stomach.”
Dooling served 10 months and seven days in prison, followed by four months in a halfway house, and two months of home confinement.
“I won’t be defined by that, I’ll be redefined by that,” Dooling said.
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Ben Anderson is the Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports and the co-host of Jake and Ben from 10-12p with Jake Scott on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone. Find Ben on Twitter at @BensHoops, on Instagram @BensHoops, or on BlueSky.
