{"id":498924,"date":"2026-05-29T21:46:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=498924"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:46:42","slug":"a-new-era-in-orlando-sean-sweeney-named-magic-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/a-new-era-in-orlando-sean-sweeney-named-magic-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Era in Orlando: Sean Sweeney Named Magic Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"4\">Orlando Magic<\/b> have found their new leader on the bench. As reported by renowned NBA insider <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"96\">Shams Charania<\/b>, the Florida franchise is finalizing an agreement to entrust the head coaching role to <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"198\">Sean Sweeney<\/b>, previously associate coach of the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Sweeney entered the NBA coaching world in 2011, building a solid reputation season after season. Considered one of the most intriguing and highly prepared rising profiles in the entire American basketball landscape, he now gets the well-deserved opportunity to lead a team firsthand.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">A new chapter therefore begins for the Magic, who are ready to rely on Sweeney&#8217;s vision and accumulated experience to carry forward the team&#8217;s development project.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The Orlando Magic are finalizing the hire of San Antonio Spurs associate coach Sean Sweeney as the franchise&#8217;s new head coach, sources tell ESPN. Sweeney broke into NBA coaching in 2011 and now lands the Magic head job as a top rising candidate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aV3Zj6l57k\">pic.twitter.com\/aV3Zj6l57k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2060429222514958739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orlando Magic have found their new leader on the bench<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":393278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-498924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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