{"id":4574,"date":"2026-06-18T19:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:40:38","slug":"new-magic-coach-sean-sweeney-formally-introduced-im-ready-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4574","title":{"rendered":"New Magic coach Sean Sweeney formally introduced: \u2018I\u2019m ready for it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>For Sean Sweeney, Thursday afternoon was more than 20 years in the making.<\/p>\n<p>The new head coach of the Orlando Magic was formally introduced at the AdventHealth Training Center in front of family, friends, players and local media, marking the start of a new era for the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4572\">Orange County can\u2019t agree to hike impact fees to build roads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sweeney, 42, began his coaching career in 2006 as an assistant coach at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Minnesota and has since risen through the coaching ranks making stops along the way throughout the country and the NBA. He most recently served as the associate head coach for a San Antonio Spurs squad that reached the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Those two decades of experience are why he believes he\u2019s ready for the job. It\u2019s also why the Magic believe they\u2019ve found the right man to guide the organization past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I want to teach and learn at the highest level I can and I also want to compete at the highest level that I can,\u201d said Sweeney, the 16th head coach in franchise history. \u201cAnd being a head coach here is going to allow me to do that. Selfishly, that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had enough time and have been around enough people that I feel like this is the perfect opportunity for me,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m very much looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Sweeney was formally introduced Thursday, he was officially hired by Orlando on June 1 following a search process that Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman described as \u201cvery targeted.\u201d The only other candidates who were known to have interviewed for the job were veteran coaches Billy Donovan and Jeff Van Gundy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a rigorous process,\u201d Weltman said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t cast as wide of a net as we have in the past, but we were very targeted and we went very deep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: outstream_video--><\/p>\n<p>He said Sweeney \u201cknocked our socks off\u201d during his interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Sean Sweeney we have somebody who is, in our minds, has the potential to be one of the elite coaches in this league,\u201d Weltman said. \u201cHe\u2019s a direct communicator. He has a mastery of the material. He has an understanding of how this is supposed to work from a players\u2019 standpoint to a team standpoint and how the big picture all melds together in producing a winning team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although this is Sweeney\u2019s first stint as a head coach, it\u2019s not the first time he\u2019s gone through the process of trying land such a job. And the Magic weren\u2019t the only team that considered hiring him this summer either, with Chicago and New Orleans having reported interest.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4570\">Gators budget jumps $30.4 million as revenue sharing, football spending expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He explained why Orlando made the most sense for him and what he liked about the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: cube_article--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.1, the DeVos family and the ownership group here is different than any other,\u201d Sweeney said. \u201cSecondly, the front office. \u2026 That separated this franchise from the others. The roster is something that really mattered to me, and this is a roster that\u2019s shown a level of competitiveness and is ready to go to the next step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then lastly, Orlando,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat a great place to live. So, those are the four things that stood out to me. At the end of the day, it starts with ownerships to the front office that I can partner with and then the players that I get to coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney, a native of St. Paul, Minn., previously spent four seasons as an assistant coach in Dallas (2021-25), three as an assistant in Detroit (2018-21) and four as an assistant in Milwaukee (2014-18). He began his time in the NBA as a video coordinator with the then-New Jersey Nets in 2011 and later served as an assistant in Brooklyn for one season (2013-14).<\/p>\n<p>Those who have worked with him over the years describe him as intense and passionate, which stood out during his introductory news conference Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, coaching is not a profession. It\u2019s a vocation,\u201d Sweeney said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m going to work to my highest level to do the best job I can for this franchise. It\u2019s been 21 years of preparation that\u2019s brought me here, and I\u2019m ready for it. And I\u2019m excited to begin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is going to be built on our values,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019re going to value character, we\u2019re going to value competition, we\u2019re going to value connection and we\u2019re going to value the game. I love the game. I\u2019m a competitor. I want to do things with integrity, and I want to make sure we\u2019re connected in how we play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4568\">\u2018Elf\u2019 actor Faizon Love arrested in Florida<\/a><\/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>New Magic coach Sean Sweeney laid out his standards Thursday for a young Orlando squad that enters next season with high expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4574","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Magic coach Sean Sweeney formally introduced: \u2018I\u2019m ready for it\u2019 - 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