SALT LAKE CITY – Former NBA player and Utah Jazz assistant coach Keyon Dooling is out of jail and opening up about his experience following his release.
Dooling spent 10 months in prison as part of a multi-year sentence for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.
In 2020, Dooling, a 13-year NBA veteran, was hired by the Jazz to join head coach Quin Snyder’s coaching staff. However, two years later, Dooling became a key figure in an FBI investigation after receiving $363,000 in fraudulent reimbursements from the league’s benefit plan.
Dooling recently joined the Straight Game Podcast, hosted by Mike Bibby, Eddie House, and Ty Ellis, to discuss his time behind bars.
“When you make bad choices, bad decisions, you have to live with the consequences that come along with it,” Dooling shared. “It’ll shape you, it’ll mold you, and it’ll help you to find a new version of yourself.”
Former NBA forward Alan Anderson was also convicted in the same case and sentenced to 24 months, while veteran Terrence Williams received a 10-year sentence for supplying fake invoices to the players.
“It’s disappointing when you hear people who you’ve had 20 or 30-year relationships with on wiretaps,” Dooling remarked 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 under home confinement.
“I won’t be defined by that, I’ll be redefined by that,” Dooling added.
