Florida Gators head coach Billy Donovan, who has led his team to two national championships, is not discounting the possibility of coaching in the NBA.
While he was set to take the head coaching job with the Orlando Magic in 2007 before backing out several days later to return to Gainesville, Donovan admitted he is still intrigued by the prospects of coaching in the so-called big league.
"I got into coaching because of the basketball piece of it, and there is an intrigue as it relates to (the NBA)," Donovan told The Associated Press as reported by ESPN.com. "When you try to project where your future is, where you're going to be, and you don't know because I don't have a crystal ball, all I can say is I am happy here at Florida. I love being here.
"The NBA part of it, the intrigue part of it for me, is just the fact that it's basketball 24 hours a day. That's all you're dealing with is basketball."
Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who has served as Donovan's mentor, said he believes Donovan will make a great NBA coach should he throw his hat into that arena.
"If he wants to try it someday, that would be great. He'll be a great pro coach. Billy, if he wanted to do that, will be a terrific pro coach because he's always thinking of plays, defenses and he'd be great at it. Me personally, you know, I just want what's best for him and his family. Florida is very lucky to have somebody like that for a long period of time."
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