Video | Intro Presser with Steve Clifford, Jeff Weltman

About a month and a half after firing Frank Vogel, the Orlando Magic have found their new head coach: Steve Clifford, who spent the last five seasons with the Charlotte Hornets. Clifford also was an Orlando assistant from 2007 to 2012.

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Jeff Weltman:

0:06 – On hiring of Steve Clifford as the Magic’s new head coach
3:31 – On significance of creating stability in the Magic
4:09 – On why the process of finding a new head coach took as long as it did, the qualities of Clifford
22:53 – On maintaining discretion of the hiring process throughout the entire system
24:09 – On if Clifford leading Charlotte to the playoffs in his first season was a primary factor in hiring him

Steve Clifford:

1:29 – On becoming the Magic’s new head coach
6:24 – On his time as an assistant in Orlando
8:02 – On opinion of roster he will inherit
10:02 – On what he learned as a coach in his time away from Orlando, both as an assistant, as a head coach
11:08 – On if he’s seeing similarities between his first season as the head coach of Orlando and his first season in Charlotte
15:16 – On being dubbed as a good player-development coach
17:24 – On how he remembers how the 2011-12 season ended, Howard’s last season
18:40 – On significance of continuity in an organization
19:52 – On process of developing a staff
20:12 – On his personal health and its effect on his job
22:27 – On hiring Van Gundy as an assistant
24:51 – On timetable for the turnaround of the Magic


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