Former Michigan head coach John Beilein is joining the Orlando Magic’s coaching staff, he announced via social media. He will serve as a senior coaching consultant under new Magic head coach Sean Sweeney.
Beilein briefly crossed paths with Sweeney during their time with the Detroit Pistons, where Beilein worked as a senior advisor from 2021-23. Sweeney was with an assistant under Dwane Casey from 2018-21 and overlapped with Beilein for about a month before joining the Dallas Mavericks’ staff.
Beilein’s time in Detroit came after he worked as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ head coach following a decorated run at Michigan from 2007-19. Now, he’s gearing up to join Sweeney in Orlando and shared his excitement in a statement Monday.
“I’m excited to be assisting Sean Sweeney and the Orlando Magic as a Senior Coaching Consultant this upcoming NBA season,” Beilein wrote. “Sean has a brilliant future as an NBA head coach, and I’m honored he asked me to serve him and the Magic in this capacity. I look forward to supporting the coaching staff and contributing in anyway I can to the organization’s continued growth and success.”
Beilein went 278-150 during his time as Michigan’s head coach and led the program to two national championship game appearances in 2013 and 2018. All told, the Wolverines made three Elite Eight appearances and played in five Sweet Sixteens under Beilein’s watch before he headed to the NBA.
Following his time with the Cavaliers, Beilein worked for Big Ten Network as an analyst in 2020 and returned to the network in 2023-24. He is also due to be inducted into the Michigan Hall of Honor in September.
Michigan is in the midst of a coaching transition after head coach Dusty May left to become the Mavericks’ head coach following this past year’s national championship run. The Wolverines elevated associate head coach Mike Boynton to the lead role afterward, and John Beilein voiced his support for the new coach during an appearance on The Huge Show in June.
“I can’t believe how my heart is attached to Michigan, the university and that basketball program, because we put so much into it,” Beilein said. “Eleven years of no NCAA Tournaments, and now we would be disappointed not to go to the Sweet 16. We’ve got a lot of work in that, and so happy when we had Dusty.
“I will help in any way they want me to help. I just want the right guy coaching that place. We do not want a step backwards at all. It’s too great of a university and athletic program. We’re a true blueblood right now, and I want it to stay that way.”