The Nets will round out their coaching staff — and presumably land a defensive coordinator — with the expected hiring of David Vanterpool.

As with so many of the Nets’ recent hires — from head coach Steve Nash to free-agent signings like Jeff Green and DeAndre Jordan — Vanterpool is a friend of superstar Kevin Durant. No, make that more like family.

“As far as Dave, that’s family,” Durant said from Team USA training camp in Las Vegas. “He’s from the same area I’m from. We know the same people. Mutual family friends. Worked with him in OKC. So I can’t wait to have him on board. … I’m looking forward to learning from him and bringing him into the family. Can’t wait.”

Vanterpool grew up in Montgomery County, Md., one county away from Durant in neighboring Prince George’s. He was also the director of player personnel in Oklahoma City when Durant was starring for the Thunder.

But make no mistake, Vanterpool is a well-respected assistant who will make a viable replacement for Ime Udoka, who largely engineered the Nets’ defense before departing this offseason for the head coaching gig with the Celtics. The Nets essentially are replacing Udoka with Vanterpool, in a move first reported by ESPN and confirmed by The Post.

The 48-year-old Vanterpool had been the associate head coach for the Timberwolves the past two seasons after a seven-year run under Terry Stotts in Portland, where he helped develop the dominant backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.

He landed interviews for head coaching jobs in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, New Orleans and Orlando over the past few years, but despite having the respect of his players in Minnesota, he didn’t get an interview for that head coaching position when the Timberwolves eventually hired Chris Finch in February.

“How the hell do you not hire David Vanterpool and he’s right there on the bench … and has been in front office SUCCESSFULLY and on the front of a bench of a winning team SUCCESSFULLY (7 years) … and also has played a major role in the development of a dominant backcourt smdh!” Lillard tweeted at the time.

The snub may have led Vanterpool to look for greener pastures. He comes to Brooklyn as a front-of-the-bench coach, Udoka’s replacement and a defensive coordinator type.

The Nets initially feared they could lose three assistants this offseason. But after they beat Boston in the first round of the playoffs and then lost Udoka to the Celtics, former interim Jacque Vaughn pulled himself out of contention for the Pelicans job and offensive coordinator Mike D’Antoni interview twice with the Trail Blazers before being passed over for Chauncey Billups.

Retaining both former head coaches while adding Vanterpool can only be considered a solid offseason for the Nets’ staff.

As NetsDaily noted, Vanterpool actually got his first break into coaching thanks to former Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. His first job was in 2007 as an assistant coach for CSKA Moscow, a Russian powerhouse then owned by Prokhorov. He then was hired three years later by the Thunder.