List of Orlando Magic head coaches
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The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise was founded in 1989 as an expansion team, and plays at the Kia Center. The team is owned by Orlando Magic, Ltd., a subsidiary of RDV Sports, Inc.{{cite web|accessdate=January 11, 2009 |url=http://www.nba.com/magic/news/executives.html |title=Orlando Magic Executives |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |work=NBA.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116024120/http://www.nba.com/magic/news/executives.html |archivedate=January 16, 2009 }} The team has won seven division titles (1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2024), two conference titles (1995, 2009), but no league championships.{{cite web|accessdate=January 11, 2009|url=http://www.nba.com/magic/news/RDV_Sports.html|title=The RDV Sports Family|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com}}
There have been thirteen head coaches for the Magic franchise.{{cite web|accessdate=January 11, 2009|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/coaches.html|title=Orlando Magic Coach Register|work=basketball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC}} The team's first head coach was Matt Guokas, who coached the team for 328 games over four seasons. Brian Hill is the team's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (459). Hill is also the team's all-time leader in regular-season games won (267), and he is the team's only coach to have coached during two non-consecutive periods. Stan Van Gundy was the team's coach from the beginning of the {{nbay|2007|app=season}} until the end of the {{nbay|2011|app=season}}. He is the team's all-time leader in playoff games coached (59), playoff games won (31), regular-season winning percentage (.657), and playoff winning percentage (.523). Doc Rivers is the team's only coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year award, winning it after the 1999–2000 season.{{cite web|accessdate=January 11, 2009|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html|title=Coach of the Year|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915001144/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html|archive-date=September 15, 2010|url-status=dead}} Chris Jent is the team's only head coach to have spent his entire career with the Magic.
On July 28, 2012, Jacque Vaughn was named the new head coach. He was the assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs in the two seasons prior to his hiring.{{cite web|title=Jacque Vaughn named as Magic head coach|url=http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/jacque-vaughn-named-new-orlando-magic-head-coach/nP5zN/|publisher=WFTV Channel 9 Orlando|accessdate=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730222744/http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/jacque-vaughn-named-new-orlando-magic-head-coach/nP5zN/|archive-date=30 July 2012|url-status=dead}}
On May 29, 2015, the Magic hired their former point guard Scott Skiles as the franchise's 12th head coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/12976735/scott-skiles-hired-orlando-magic-coach|title=Magic hire Scott Skiles as coach|work=ESPN|date=May 29, 2015}}
When Skiles resigned after one season, the Magic hired Frank Vogel as his successor.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/15632270/orlando-magic-officially-announce-frank-vogel-new-head-coach|title=Magic officially announce Frank Vogel as new head coach|work=ESPN|date=May 20, 2016}} Vogel was fired following the end of the 2017–18 season. Steve Clifford was the most recent head coach, serving from 2018 until his resignation in 2021.{{cite web |title=Orlando Magic, Steve Clifford Mutually Agree to Part Ways |url=https://www.nba.com/magic/orlando-magic-steve-clifford-mutually-agree-part-ways-20210605 |website=NBA.com |access-date=June 5, 2021 |date=June 5, 2021}}
Key
| class="wikitable" |
| GC
|Games coached |
| W
|Wins |
| L
|Losses |
| Win% |
| #
|Number of coaches{{ref label|Note1|a|a}} |
| style="background-color:#ddffdd; width:6em"|*
|Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Magic |
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD; width:6em"|{{dagger}}
|Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the {{nbay|2024|app=season}}.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2"| # ! rowspan="2"| Name ! rowspan="2"| Term{{ref label|Note2|b|b}} ! GC ! W ! L ! Win% ! GC ! W ! L ! Win% ! rowspan="2" class=unsortable| Achievements ! rowspan="2" class=unsortable| Reference | ||||||
| class="unsortable"
! colspan="4"|Regular season ! colspan="4"|Playoffs | ||||||
| align="center"|{{ntsh|1}}1
| {{sortname|Matt|Guokas}} | {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}} | 328 | 111 | 217 | {{Winning percentage|111|217}}
| — | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|2}}2
| {{sortname|Brian|Hill|Brian Hill (basketball)}} | {{nbay|1993|start}}–{{nbay|1996|end}} | 295 | 191 | 104 | {{Winning percentage|191|104}}
| 36 | 18 | 18 | {{Winning percentage|18|18}}
| Eastern Conference Championship (1995) |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|3}}3
| {{sortname|Richie|Adubato}} | {{nbay|1996|end}} | 33 | 21 | 12 | {{Winning percentage|21|12}}
| 5 | 2 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|2|3}}
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|4}}4
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{sortname|Chuck|Daly}}{{dagger}} | {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}} | 132 | 74 | 58 | {{Winning percentage|74|58}}
| 4 | 1 | 3 | {{Winning percentage|1|3}}
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|5}}5
| {{sortname|Doc|Rivers}} | {{nbay|1999|start}}–{{nbay|2003|start}} | 339 | 171 | 168 | {{Winning percentage|171|168}}
| 15 | 5 | 10 | {{Winning percentage|5|10}}
| {{nbay|1999|full=y}} NBA Coach of the Year |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|6}}6
| {{sortname|Johnny|Davis|Johnny Davis (basketball, born 1955)}} | {{nbay|2003|start}}–{{nbay|2004|end}} | 135 | 51 | 84 | {{Winning percentage|51|84}}
| — | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|7}}7
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| {{sortname|Chris|Jent}}* | {{nbay|2004|end}} | 18 | 5 | 13 | {{Winning percentage|5|13}}
| — | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|8}}—
| {{sortname|Brian|Hill|Brian Hill (basketball)}} | {{nbay|2005|start}}–{{nbay|2006|end}} | 164 | 76 | 88 | {{Winning percentage|76|88}}
| 4 | 0 | 4 | {{Winning percentage|0|4}}
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|9}}8
| {{sortname|Stan|Van Gundy}} | {{nbay|2007|start}}–{{nbay|2011|end}} | 394 | 259 | 135 | {{Winning percentage|259|135}}
| 59 | 31 | 28 | {{Winning percentage|31|28}}
| Eastern Conference Championship (2009) |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|10}}9
| {{sortname|Jacque|Vaughn}} | {{nbay|2012|start}}–{{nbay|2014|end}} | 216 | 58 | 158 | {{Winning percentage|58|158}}
| — | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|11}}10
| {{sortname|James|Borrego}} | {{nbay|2014|end}} | 30 | 10 | 20 | {{Winning percentage|10|20}}
|— | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|{{ntsh|12}}11
| {{sortname|Scott|Skiles}} | {{nbay|2015|full=y}} | 82 | 35 | 47 | {{Winning percentage|35|47}}
|— | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|12
| {{sortname|Frank|Vogel}} | {{nbay|2016|start}}–{{nbay|2017|end}} | 164 | 54 | 110 | {{Winning percentage|54|110}}
|— | — | — | —
| |
| align="center"|13
|{{sortname|Steve|Clifford}} |{{nbay|2018|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}} |227 | 96 | 131 | {{Winning percentage|96|131}}
|10 | 2 | 8 | {{Winning percentage|2|8}}
| |
| align="center"|14
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| {{sortname|Jamahl|Mosley}}* |{{nbay|2021|start}}–present |328 | 144 | 184 | {{Winning percentage|144|184}}
|7 | 3 | 4 | {{Winning percentage|3|4}}
| |
File:Pistons asst coach Brian Hill in 2012.jpg|Brian Hill coached the Magic to their first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history in 1995.
File:Doc Rivers.JPG|Doc Rivers is the Orlando Magic's only coach to have won Coach of the Year.
File:Stan Van Gundy pistons (cropped).jpg|Stan Van Gundy coached the Magic to their second NBA Finals appearance in franchise history in 2009.
File:Jacque Vaughn (Feb 2024) 03.png|Jacque Vaughn was the head coach of the Magic from {{nbay|2012|start}}–{{nbay|2014|end}}.
File:Scott Skiles (cropped).jpg|Scott Skiles was the head coach of the Magic from {{nbay|2015|full=y}}.
File:Frank Vogel at NBA Cares charity event February 14 2014 cropped.jpg|Frank Vogel coached the Orlando Magic from {{nbay|2016|start}}–{{nbay|2017|end}}.
File:Steve Clifford in 2010.jpg|Steve Clifford served as the Magic's head coach from {{nbay|2018|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}}.
Notes
- {{note label|Note1|a|a}} A running total of the number of coaches of the Magic. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- {{note label|Note2|b|b}} Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
References
General
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- {{cite web|accessdate=January 11, 2009|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/coaches.html|title=Orlando Magic Coach Register|work=basketball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}
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