Jason Kidd has been in the NBA for three decades as a player and a coach . He was drafted in 1994 by the Dallas Mavericks, which happens to be the team he coaches today. Kidd also had stints playing for and drawing up plays for the Phoenix Suns, the New York Knicks, and the Brooklyn Nets.
As a player, he won a championship with the Mavs and hopes to add another one as the coach of the team. While he continues his quest to bring Dallas a chip, fans want to know more about Kidd’s life off the court. Here’s what we know about his family and his wife Porschla Coleman.
Who Kidd was married to before Coleman Before Coleman, Kidd was married to his first wife actor and journalist Joumana. They said “I do” in 1997 and had a tumultuous marriage. In 2001, Kidd was arrested and pleaded guilty to a domestic abuse charge for assaulting Joumana.
As part of his sentence, the basketball star was ordered to attend anger management classes for six months. He continued to attend the classes even when that period ended. After 10 years of marriage, Kidd filed for divorce.
He alleged that their marriage was characterized by intense jealousy, paranoia, and the threat of “false domestic abuse claims.” He cited “extreme cruelty” as the reason for their divorce. Joumana then filed a counterclaim against Kidd citing other instances of abuse at his hands.
Their divorce was finalized in 2007. Coleman has worked as a model After his marriage to Joumana ended, Kidd began dating Coleman in 2.