This season, Robert Pack begins his professional basketball coaching career as an assistant coach for the Vipers.

A 13-year NBA veteran, as a player, Pack was known for his outstanding vertical leap and his lateral quickness. After a stellar college career as a point guard at the University of Southern California, Pack began his NBA career with the Portland Trail Blazers, who advanced to the 1992 NBA Finals. In Portland, Pack played for Rick Adelman, who is currently the head coach of the Houston Rockets, one of the NBA affiliates of the Vipers.

In 1994, Pack was part of a Denver Nuggets team that made NBA history as the first No. 8 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the first round of the NBA playoffs. One of the game's better dunkers, Pack also was the runner-up in the 1994 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest in Minneapolis.