God Shammgod, creator of 'The Shammgod,' reportedly following Jamahl Mosley to Pelicans in assistant role
Shammgod coached as an assistant under Mosley this past season with the Orlando Magic.
God Shammgod, who famously helped 10th-seeded Providence reach the Elite Eight during the 1997 NCAA tournament and introduced “The Shammgod” — a streetball-esque crossover move — to the basketball world , will reportedly continue his NBA coaching career in New Orleans. Shammgod spent the 2025-26 season as an assistant under Jamahl Mosley with the Orlando Magic, and he’s now joining Mosley’s Pelicans staff, according to NBA insider Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Orlando fired Mosley after the Magic blew a 3-1 lead in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs .
But it wasn’t long before he got a chance to rebuild another franchise, as New Orleans brought him aboard as its head coach this week . The Magic won just 22 games in Mosley’s first season at the helm. Each of his last three seasons running the ship, Orlando won at least 41 games.
It hadn’t had a stretch like that since it piled up 50-plus victories four seasons in a row under Stan Van Gundy from 2007-11. Unfortunately for Mosley, his Magic teams couldn’t get over the first-round hump in the playoffs. He’ll have an opportunity to take the Pelicans further, and, per Scotto, Shammgod will be on his bench again.
God Shammgod has agreed to join the New Orleans Pelicans as an assistant coach on the front of the bench for head coach Jamahl Mosley, league sources told @hoopshype . Shammgod was an assistant coach with Mosley for the Magic and with Rick Carlisle and Jason Kidd on the Mavericks. pic.