Jamahl Mosley made the Orlando Magic a contender. And the Magic wish to see what the coach will do subsequent.
Mosley and the playoff-contending Magic — on tempo for his or her greatest season in 13 years — have agreed on an extension that retains him beneath contract in Orlando by the 2027-28 season, the crew introduced Tuesday.
Mosley is in his third season with Orlando. This 12 months’s crew, with All-Star second-year ahead Paolo Banchero and rising star Franz Wagner main a younger core, started Tuesday atop the Southeast Division with a 37-28 file and solidly in place for what can be Orlando’s first playoff berth since 2020.
“Jamahl and his employees have performed an incredible job not solely this season, however since we employed him again in 2021,” Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman mentioned. “His preparation, work ethic, potential to attach with the gamers and fervour he brings to the job day by day brings optimistic outcomes, each on the courtroom and off. We’re very pleased to have Jamahl lead the Magic for years to come back.”
The 45-year-old Mosley was a candidate for various jobs over time, with groups taking discover of the work he did in 15 years as an assistant in Denver, Cleveland and Dallas. He spent the final seven of these assistant-coaching seasons with the Mavericks, earlier than Orlando employed him in 2021.
He inherited a crew in a complete rebuilding mode, going 22-60 in his first season. The Magic then received Banchero with the No. 1 general choose in 2022 and improved by 12 wins final 12 months, going 34-48.
They have already got sailed previous that win whole this season. The Magic haven’t spent a single day in 2023-24 beneath the .500 mark, with a nine-game profitable streak that spanned from mid-November to early December — Mosley profitable coach of the month honors in there — marking Orlando as a playoff contender.
And the profitable has continued. Banchero was an All-Star for the primary time, making him solely the second Magic participant within the final decade to play within the league’s showcase recreation.
