The writing has been on the wall for several weeks now and today, the Orlando Magic showed head coach Jacque Vaughn the door. The Magic are a very young team and in the East, anything can happen. But at 15-37, it won’t happen this year and Vaughn won’t be around to see it. In his 2+ years as head coach, the Magic were 58-158.
Assistant coach James Borrego will serve as interim coach until the Magic find a replacement.
The Magic are 15-37 and have lost 10 consecutive games this season, a season in which ownership and the front office, led by general manager Rob Hennigan, expected improvement. That wasn’t the case.
Vaughn, who turns 40 on Wednesday, was 58-158 during his two-plus seasons with the Magic. According to Basketball-Reference, Vaughn had the second-worst winning percentage as an NBA coach with a minimum of 200 games: Sidney Lowe had the worst at .257, Vaughn was next at .269, then Kurt Rambis at .279.
H/T: USA Today
