Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. (September 12, 1928 – November 8, 2014) was an American professional basketball player.

Born in Montreal, Vandeweghe moved to Long Island as a teenager and played football, basketball and baseball for Oceanside High School where he was also a member of the Omega Gamma Delta fraternity.

[citation needed] After retiring from the NBA in 1956, Vandeweghe served as a physician for the Air Force while stationed overseas in Germany.

Besides Kiki, he had three other children who were successful athletes: daughter Tauna won a U.S. national swimming championship in the backstroke (and competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics), son Bruk medalled in beach volleyball in the 1994 Goodwill Games, and daughter Heather was captain of the U.S. national women's polo team and followed in her father's footsteps through medical school to become a physician.

He was also a senior vice president with Focus Partners LLC, a New York–based financial services firm, and a consultant with the United States Golf and Fitness Association.