Jul 12, 2021
BOULDER Colorado basketball hit center stage nationally again Monday when former Buffaloes standout Jamahl Mosley was officially introduced as the new head coach of the NBA s Orlando Magic.
Paired with the June 28 hiring of former Buffs great Chauncey Billups by the Portland Trail Blazers, Mosley s hiring puts CU in rarified company currently, only three college programs can claim two current NBA head coaches.
The other two are Arizona (Golden State s Steve Kerr and Sacramento s Luke Walton) and Kentucky (LA Lakers Frank Vogel and Detroit s Dwane Casey).
Both Billups and Mosley were recruited to Colorado and coached by Ricardo Patton at CU. (Joe Harrington was CU s head coach when Billups signed, but Patton then an assistant is generally considered to be the coach responsible for keeping Billups in state).
I want to play with pace, space and I want to play with the pass: Jamahl Mosley excited to be part of Magic rebuild
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