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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. [1] The team has won seven division titles (1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2024), two conference titles (1995, 2009), but no league championships. [2]

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There have been thirteen head coaches for the Magic franchise. [3] The team's first head coach was Matt Guokas, who coached the team for 328 games over four seasons. [4] Brian Hill is the team's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (459). [5] 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. [5] Stan Van Gundy was the team's coach from the beginning of the 2007–08 season until the end of the 2011–12 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). [6] 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. [7] Chris Jent is the team's only head coach to have spent his entire career with the Magic. [8]

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. [9]

On May 29, 2015, the Magic hired their former point guard Scott Skiles as the franchise's 12th head coach. [10]

When Skiles resigned after one season, the Magic hired Frank Vogel as his successor. [11] 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. [12]

Key

GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
Win% Winning percentage
#Number of coaches [a]
*Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Magic
†Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.

#NameTerm [b] GCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReference
Regular seasonPlayoffs
Matt Guokas 1989–1993 328111217.338———— [4]
Brian Hill 1993–1997 295191104.647361818.500Eastern Conference Championship (1995) [5]
Richie Adubato 1997 332112.636523.400 [13]
Chuck Daly † 1997–1999 1327458.561413.250 [14]
Doc Rivers 1999–2003 339171168.50415510.333 1999–2000 NBA Coach of the Year [7] [15]
Johnny Davis 2003–2005 1355184.378———— [16]
Chris Jent * 2005 18513.278———— [8]
Brian Hill 2005–2007 1647688.463404.000 [5]
Stan Van Gundy 2007–2012 394259135.657593128.525Eastern Conference Championship (2009) [6]
Jacque Vaughn 2012–2015 21658158.269———— [17]
James Borrego 2015 301020.333———— [18]
Scott Skiles 2015–2016 823547.427———— [19]
12 Frank Vogel 2016–2018 16454110.329———— [20]
13 Steve Clifford 2018–2021 22796131.4231028.200 [21]
14 Jamahl Mosley * 2021–present346103143.419———— [22]

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