[2] Killings began coaching right after graduating from college, joining the staff of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats as a special assistant and video coordinator.
Following three years with the Owls, Killings started working in the NBA D-League monitoring player development and progress.
He began his first job as an assistant coach for college basketball in 2010 at Boston University, where he helped lead the team to a conference championship and an NCAA tournament appearance.
[4] In 2011, Killings returned to Temple, this time as an assistant coach helping to lead the team to two regular season conference titles and three NCAA tournament bids.
[14][15] In March 2023, the court resolved the issue by planning to drop the charge in a year if Killings completed a class in "correctional thinking".