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Former Saginaw High Trojan and Detroit Piston Darvin Ham will coach the Atlanta Hawks NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas.

(Jeff Schrier | The Saginaw News File)

SAGINAW, MI — Former Saginaw High Trojan and Detroit Piston Darvin Ham will coach the Atlanta Hawks NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Ham, who played for Saginaw High, spent two years as an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers before joining the Atlanta staff under Mike Budenholzer last season.

Quin Snyder, who coached the Atlanta summer team last season, was hired as the head coach for the Utah Jazz.

Ham, 40, played collegiately for Texas Tech and became known for breaking the backboard in an NCAA Tournament game against North Carolina. He played in the NBA from 1996 to 2005 for Indiana, Washington, Milwaukee, Atlanta and Detroit.

He has been a head coach for the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBDL.

The Las Vegas Summer League runs from July 11-21 with each team playing at least five games.