{"id":2227,"date":"2026-05-30T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:03:55","slug":"five-things-to-know-about-future-orlando-magic-coach-sean-sweeney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"Five things to know about future Orlando Magic coach Sean Sweeney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Whenever the Magic officially introduce San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Sean Sweeney as their next head coach, the long-time assistant will become the 16th head coach in Orlando franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2225\">Six tax tips you should start thinking about now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news first broke Friday that the Magic were finalizing an agreement to hire Sweeney, who\u2019s spent this season as associate head coach in San Antonio under Mitch Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic officially declined to comment on the matter, but a league source confirmed the deal with Sweeney. Orlando\u2019s job became vacant May 4 when Magic President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman dismissed Jamahl Mosley after five seasons and three straight first-round playoff exits.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates included Billy Donovan and Jeff Van Gundy, but ESPN reported that Sweeney \u201cblew Orlando away during his interview process and meeting with ownership Wednesday in San Antonio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney is expected to remain with the Spurs throughout the rest of the postseason. San Antonio is taking defending champion Oklahoma City to the limit in the Western Conference Finals with Saturday\u2019s deciding Game 7. The winner will play the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals starting Wednesday at the West champ.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five things to know about Sweeney:<\/p>\n<h4>He\u2019s got a creative mind<\/h4>\n<p>Although Johnson coached 77 regular season games in 2024-25 after Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich suffered a stroke in November 2024, this season was Johnson\u2019s first as the full-time head coach in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>When putting together his own coaching staff, Johnson poached Sweeney from Dallas, where he served as an assistant coach with the Mavericks for four seasons (2021-25).<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The two didn\u2019t know each other personally but it didn\u2019t take Johnson long to realize he\u2019d hire Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just took a liking to his ability to articulate his basketball philosophy and what he thought about,\u201d Johnson said about Sweeney in a story at twincities.com. \u201cWhether it was just the game and NBA coaching in general \u2014 in terms of competitiveness and how hard you should coach and holding guys accountable. But also the modern, creative part and thinking outside the box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed his honesty; I\u2019ve enjoyed his competitiveness,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n<h4>NBA superstars respect him<\/h4>\n<p>Sweeney has spent this season working closely with Spurs star Victor Wembanyama, but he\u2019s coached countless other standout players.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The list includes Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2223\">Trump claims he\u2019s making food more affordable but his examples ignore the big picture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Griffin told The Athletic about Sweeney in 2018: \u201cImmediately, you notice that he\u2019s just a basketball guy, through and through. But what I think he does really, really well is he teaches the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin added: \u201cIn our film breakdowns, he does as good, or better, than any coach I\u2019ve ever had, as far as progressing through a film clip, asking guys questions, and making sure guys are engaged and involved throughout the whole film sessions. Also, he does a really good job of setting a game plan and having grounded principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Sweeney was almost hired elsewhere<\/h4>\n<p>The Magic weren\u2019t the only team interested in Sweeney this coaching cycle.<\/p>\n<p>He was considered a \u201cprime candidate\u201d for the Chicago Bulls\u2019 opening and also was in the mix for the Portland Trail Blazers job. Before the Pelicans hired Mosley, Sweeney was mentioned in that search as well, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>In the past two years alone, Sweeney was reportedly considered a finalist for the top coaching job with the Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n<h4>He\u2019s been an acting head coach<\/h4>\n<p>Although he\u2019ll become a full-time NBA head coach for the first time in his career with the Magic, Sweeney has served as acting head coach twice before in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>First, he coached four games in January 2022 when then-Mavericks coach Jason Kidd entered the NBA\u2019s health and safety protocols that were put in place during the 2020 pandemic. Winning his first game as acting head coach Jan. 7, 2022, at Houston, Sweeney went 3-1 in that brief stretch of games.<\/p>\n<p>He later coached one game that Dallas dropped at Denver in early-November 2023 when Kidd dealt with a non-COVID illness.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney has also coached summer league squads for various franchises throughout his career. He\u2019s joked in the past he may \u201chave coached the most games in summer-league history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As early as July 2014, Kidd said Sweeney had \u201cthe tools that he\u2019s going to be a head coach in this league,\u201d according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.<\/p>\n<h4>Sweeney was a baller in college<\/h4>\n<p>Before he got into coaching, Sweeney played one season at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay before transferring to the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul).<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney was the starting point guard all three of his years at St. Thomas and won All-Conference recognition in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as a junior and senior (2004-06).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2221\">Woman undergoes rare quadruple organ transplant at University of Chicago Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He led the MIAC in total assists and assist-to-turnover ratio for two years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jason Beede can be reached at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Sweeney has spent more than a decade as an assistant in the NBA but he&#8217;s more than ready to become head coach of the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-orlando-magic","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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