Orlando Magic Add Joe Prunty, God Shammgod To Coaching Staff

The Orlando Magic have named Joe Prunty and God Shammgod as assistant coaches, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deals are not disclosed.
 
Prunty began his NBA coaching career with San Antonio in 1996 and has been involved in the NBA for 27 seasons, having won three NBA Championships (1999, 2003, 2005) and making four appearances in the NBA Finals (1999, 2003, 2005, 2006). He spent the last two seasons (2023-25) as an assistant coach with Milwaukee and six seasons overall with the Bucks, after he previously served as an assistant coach from 2014-18. Before returning to Milwaukee, Prunty was an assistant coach with Atlanta (2021-23), Phoenix (2018-19), Brooklyn (2013-14), Cleveland (2010-13), Portland (2008-10) and Dallas (2005-08), making the NBA Finals with the Mavericks in 2006. During his nine seasons with the Spurs from 1996-05, Prunty won three NBA Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005.
 
In addition to his time as an assistant coach, Prunty served as interim head coach of Milwaukee twice, including posting a 2-1 record in 2023-24. During the 2017-18 campaign, he was named acting head coach for the final 37 games and led the Bucks to a 21-16 (.568) finish and a spot in the NBA Playoffs, before falling in seven games to second-seed Boston in the First Round. Prunty also served as interim head coach of Atlanta in 2022-23, where the Hawks went 2-0.
 
A native of Sunnyvale, California, Prunty also has extensive international coaching experience. He was the head coach for Team USA for the USA AmeriCup Qualifying team in February of 2021, leading the team to a 2-0 record. He was also an assistant coach under Mike Fratello in November of 2020 when Team USA went 2-0. Prunty also served as the head coach for Great Britain from 2013-17, qualifying for EuroBasket in 2013 and 2017. He has worked several camps and clinics all over the world, including at the NBA Paris Game 2020, Basketball Without Borders in Istanbul, NBA FIT Camp in China, NBA Development Camp in Indonesia and clinics throughout London. Prunty has also coached at the high school and collegiate levels in California, including at the University of San Diego.
 
Shammgod spent the previous nine seasons (2016-25) as a player development coach for Dallas. In that role, he helped Mavericks players develop their basketball skills through various on-court drills and served as an assistant coach on the defensive side. Shammgod has also worked as an assistant coach on the Mavericks summer league teams. Prior to joining Dallas, he spent three seasons (2012-15) as a player development coach at Providence College.
 
Originally selected in the second round (45th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft by Washington, Shammgod appeared in 20 games for the Wizards during the 1997-98 campaign, before playing professionally in other leagues, both domestically and overseas. His international playing experience included time in Poland, China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Croatia. Shammgod earned league MVP honors twice while playing in China.
 
A native of New York, Shammgod played in 65 career games two seasons (1995-97) at Providence College, averaging 10.3 ppg., 6.6 apg., 2.0 rpg. and 2.00 stlpg. in 32.5 minpg. During his freshman season (1995-96), he set the Big East freshman assist record and was named to the 1995-96 Big East All-Rookie Team. As a sophomore (1996-97), Shammgod led the Friars to the Elite Eight during the 1997 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to eventual NCAA champion Arizona in overtime, and was named to the NCAA Tournament All-Southeast Region Team. He led the nation in total assists with 239.
 
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