Jacque Vaughn In Lead For Magic Coaching Job

Jacque Vaughn looks like the frontrunner to replace Stan Van Gundy as the next head coach in Orlando. While nothing is concrete yet, Steve Kyler of HoopsWorld tweets that Vaughn appears to be in the lead for the job, while ESPN.com's Ric Bucher tweets that the Spurs assistant is a "good bet" to secure the position.

The Magic have been conducting their coaching search over the last few weeks, with Michael Malone, Brian Shaw, and Jeff Hornacek all falling out of contention. Michael Curry and Lindsey Hunter are said to be the other candidates still in the mix. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports wrote a week ago (via Twitter) that Vaughn's candidacy had "gathered momentum."

The Magic figure to make a decision in the near future, and likely won't make any decisions regarding Dwight Howard until hiring a coach, tweets Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld.

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