{"id":257995,"date":"2026-05-04T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257995\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:55:12","slug":"orlando-magic-fire-head-coach-jamahl-mosley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257995\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic fire head coach Jamahl Mosley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamahl Mosley has been dismissed as head coach of the Orlando Magic. President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced the decision today.<\/p>\n<p>Mosley\u2019s dismissal follows five seasons with the Magic, during which the team compiled a regular-season record of 189-221 (.461). The team advanced to the playoffs three times under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Weltman, President of Basketball Operations for the Orlando Magic, expressed gratitude for Mosley\u2019s contributions. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to Jamahl (Mosley) for all he\u2019s done for the Orlando Magic,\u201d Weltman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate his leadership and the positive contributions he made as head coach. While this was a difficult decision, we feel it\u2019s time for a new voice and fresh perspective.<\/p>\n<p>We wish Jamahl and his family nothing but the best.\u201d Mosley became the 15th head coach in Orlando Magic history on July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Under his tenure, the team made playoff appearances in the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In the most recent season, Orlando finished with a 45-37 (.549) record. The team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in seven games<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamahl Mosley has been dismissed as head coach of the Orlando Magic. President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8013,5801,111856,139,141,1239,140],"class_list":["post-257995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-head-coach","tag-jamahl-mosley","tag-jeff-weltman","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}