The Lakeland Magic, minor league team of the Orlando Magic, has hired former Arkansas Coach Stan Heath to the same position with the G League squad. Heath was named the head coach while Anthony Parker has been named general manager.

Former Arkansas Coach Stan Heath has a new job.

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Heath coached at Arkansas for five seasons after being hired to replace Nolan Richardson. From 2002-07, Heath compiled a record of 82-71 (.536). The Razorbacks posted 20-win seasons in both 2005-06 and 2006-07 and received berths to the NCAA Tournament.

Following his time at Arkansas, he was head coach at the University of South Florida for seven seasons (2007-14), posting a record of 97-129 (.429). Heath led the Bulls to a pair of 20-win seasons (2009-10, 2011-12), a berth into the NCAA Tournament in 2011-12 and a trip to the NIT in 2009-10.

Orlando Magic President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced today commented on the hires via a press release through the team's official website.

“With Anthony (Parker) and Stan (Heath), we have established solid basketball leadership for our G League team in Lakeland,” said Weltman. “Having our G League team closely aligned and in unison with the parent club is vital to our success. Bringing Anthony and Stan on board to guide those operations and lead that group will be of great value to us.”

Heath has spent the last two seasons (2015-17) as an assistant coach at Boston College. He served as head coach at Kent State University as well as the Arkansas and South Florida jobs. He led all three teams to the NCAA Tournament.

After two seasons as an assistant coach at Bowling Green State University (1994-96), Heath joined Tom Izzo’s staff as an assistant coach at Michigan State University for five seasons (1996-2001). During his time in East Lansing, the Spartans made three consecutive trips to the NCAA Final Four (1999-2001), captured the 2000 NCAA National Championship and had a combined record of 132-37 (.781).

Heath was hired as head coach at Kent State University. During his only season (2001-02) at Kent State, he guided the Golden Flashes to a 30-6 record, setting a school and Mid-American Conference record for victories in a season. Kent State captured the Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, before falling to Indiana University in the South regional finals. They became the first MAC school since 1964 (Ohio University) to reach the Elite Eight. That attracted Frank Broyles to hire him to head the men's basketball program.

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