{"id":738997,"date":"2026-05-20T04:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/738997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:21:17","slug":"jeff-van-gundy-in-mix-for-magic-job-after-20-year-head-coaching-layoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/738997\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Van Gundy in mix for Magic job after 20-year head coaching layoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Van Gundy, who has not been an NBA head coach in nearly 20 years, is on one team\u2019s radar to take over its top coaching spot.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old Van Gundy is under consideration for the vacant Orlando Magic job, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/2056769398329786755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2056769398329786755%7Ctwgr%5E129dac2b7ec78415c688d95e8e076bbdb28bbac6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flarrybrownsports.com%2Fbasketball%2Fjeff-van-gundy-orlando-magic-coach-candidate%2F754895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to a Tuesday report from The Stein Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Donovan is also being considered for the position, vacant after Orlando fired Jamahl Mosley on May 4 after the Magic fell to the Pistons 4-3 \u2014 blowing a 3-1 lead \u2014 in their first-round playoff series. Mosley was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/18\/sports\/jamahl-mosley-lands-pelicans-head-coaching-job-after-magic-firing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hired by Pelicans<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.10942579;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39431067\" width=\"655\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jeff-Van-Gundy.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Van Gundy has been the Clippers assistant coach the past two seasons.\" class=\"wp-image-39431067\"  \/>Jeff Van Gundy has been the Clippers assistant coach the past two seasons. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Van Gundy, who was the head coach of the Knicks from 1995-2002 and led them to the NBA Finals in the 1998-99 season, has a 430-318 career record during his 10 seasons as a head coach with New York and the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming the Knicks coach, Van Gundy was the team\u2019s assistant coach for nearly seven seasons, many under the leadership of Pat Riley.<\/p>\n<p>After being a top NBA TV analyst for ESPN, Van Gundy returned to the sidelines as a Clippers coach for the past two seasons under Tyronn Lue.<\/p>\n<p>He made headlines earlier this season for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/06\/sports\/jeff-van-gundy-confronted-chris-paul-on-plane-before-stars-ugly-clippers-exit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly confronting star Chris Paul<\/a> on the Clippers\u2019 team plane over a changed coaching assignment before the point guard\u2019s exit from the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Top Spurs assistant Sean Sweeney is also expected to interview for the Orlando opening, as well as the vacant Bulls job.<\/p>\n<p>Per The Stein Line, former Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau is \u201cnot involved\u201d in the process at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Van Gundy, who has not been an NBA head coach in nearly 20 years, is on one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,523,48,6,47,76,3883,66],"class_list":["post-738997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando-magic","tag-basketball","tag-jeff-van-gundy","tag-magic","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116604992631062848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}