He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

[1][2] In 1995, Vanterpool was selected in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) draft by the Quad City Thunder.

He played with the Continental Basketball Association's Yakima Sun Kings, between 1999 and 2001, winning the CBA title in 2000.

[4] Vanterpool then played in Italy with Air Avellino (2002–2003), and Montepaschi Siena, from 2003 through 2005 (he won the Italian League championship in 2004 and the Italian SuperCup in 2004), before moving to CSKA Moscow, with whom he won a EuroLeague championship at the 2006 EuroLeague Final Four.

[12] On June 2, 2015, Vanterpool and Jim Boylen were named to the coaching staff of the senior men's Canadian national team.

[19] At the time, two of his most prominent former players with the Trailblazers, McCollum and the All-Star Lillard, both endorsed him as a future head coaching candidate.