ORLANDO – As it turns out, Billy Donovan’s flip-flopping ways back in June of 2007 probably turned out to be the best thing that ever happened for both him and the Orlando Magic.
Donovan, who won college basketball national titles in 2006 and ’07 at the University of Florida, officially agreed to become the Magic’s head coach on June 1, 2007. He even made the trip from Gainesville to Orlando and held a news conference with the Central Florida media upon accepting the job.
Not long after that, however, Donovan informed the Magic that he had changed his mind and wanted to return to the University of Florida.