Jacque Vaughn introduced as Orlando Magic’s new head coach – NBA Update
The Orlando Magic has a lot of issues to resolve before the start of next season, but have finally got one out of their way.
With the future of their All-star centre Dwight Howard still undecided, the Magic have taken a concrete step by selecting their new head coach and on Monday, they introduced Jacque Vaughn. According to general manager Rob Hennigan,
the Magic are hoping to take a turn towards a new era and Vaughan is an essential part of that.
"We're going to continue to try to build a culture here," Hennigan said "A culture that our players represent. A culture that our fans can be proud of. A culture our team will rally around. We feel we took a step in the right direction
in building that culture with Jacque here today."
This would be Vaughn’s first experience as a head coach in the NBA. He spent the past two seasons serving under one of the best masterminds in the game, Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs.
He becomes the 10th coach in Magic franchise history, and will take over the position left by Stan Van Gundy, who was fired last May.
The young coach will take the reins of a franchise looking to rebuild and its face wanting to be no part of the future. That can be a nightmare for experienced people, but for Vaughn, the opportunity was just too good to pass on.
"Faith. Faith in your abilities. Faith in the people around you," Vaughn said about what drives him. "One of the great character-building attributes of the franchises I've been around - the foundation and the basis - is having
good people around you. The DeVos family is about that. Alex Martins is about that. And I know Rob Hennigan is about that.”
"And so for me, it was a no-brainer that with these gentlemen everything is OK. I'll stick my neck out for them."
Even though Vaughn may not have a vast experience of coaching locked down in his resume but he feels that he has learned a lot from working under Popovich and is now looking to steady the Magic ship.
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