that brought Jeff Hornacek to Utah. Jeff was hired as Smokey Gaines' assistant coach for the IBL Stingrays in July 1999. Malone also coached the NBA Development League's Columbus Riverdragons from 2001 to 2005, compiling a 102–98 record, before the franchise changed ownership and moved to Austin, Texas, renaming the team the Austin Toros and leaving Malone out of a job. He spent some time as the head coach of the Florida Flame until that team ceased operations in 2006, citing a lack of a suitable arena to play in. Personal life Malone resides in Chandler, Arizona, with his wife. He has four children; Jay, Joshua, Justin, and Jasmine Malone and one grandson Marshall Knutson-Malone. Malone is the nephew of the late Vivian Malone Jones, the first African American graduate of the University of Alabama, and Dr. Sharon Malone Holder, wife of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. He is not related to either former Jazz teammate Karl Malone or Moses Malone (with whom he was a teammate in Washington from 1986 to 1988). NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 81 || 2 || 24.4 || .444 || .323 || .826 || 1.9 || 1.9 || .3 || .2 || 12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 76 || 61 || 34.4 || .499 || .208 || .844 || 2.7 || 2.4 || .7 || .1 || 18.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 80 || 80 || 37.4 || .483 || .176 || .868 || 3.6 || 2.4 || .9 || .2 || 22.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 80 || 79 || 34.5 || .457 || .154 || .885 || 2.7 || 3.7 || .9 || .2 || 22.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 80 || 80 || 33.2 || .476 || .417 || .882 || 2.6 || 3.0 || .6 || .2 || 20.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 76 || 75 || 31.8 || .480 || .053 || .871 || 2.4 || 2.9 || .5 || .2 || 21.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 75 || 74 || 34.2 || .491 || .167 || .877 || 2.7 || 3.2 || .6 || .1 || 24.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 69 || 69 || 35.7 || .508 || .167 || .917 || 3.0 || 2.1 || .7 || .1 || 18.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah |