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Line 1: {{short description\|American basketball executive (born 1982)}} {{Infobox basketball biography \| name = Rob Hennigan \| ~~team~~ image = ▼ ~~\| image = http://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/magic/sites/default/files/styles/story_main_photo/public/henni-2.jpg?itok=U1LWleZX~~ \| caption = \| ~~height_ft~~team = Oklahoma City Thunder \| position = [[Assistant General Manager\|Asst. General Manager]]▼ ~~\| height_in =~~ \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1982\|3\|26}}▼ ~~\| weight_lb =~~ \| birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]▼ ▲\| team = \| death_date = ▲\| position = [[General Manager]] \| death_place = ▲\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1982\|3\|26}} \| nationality = American ▲\| birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] \| ~~death_date~~ height_ft = \| ~~death_place~~ height_in = \| ~~nationality~~ weight_lb = ~~American~~ \| high_school = [[St. John's High School (Massachusetts)\|St. John's High School]] \| college = [[Emerson College]] }} '''Rob Hennigan''' (born March 26, 1982) is an American [[basketball]] executive. He is the former general manager of the [[Orlando Magic]]. Hired at age 30, he iswas the youngest GM in the NBA at the time of his hire.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.espn~~.go~~.com/nba/story/_/id/8083061/rob-hennigan-30-introduced-new-orlando-magic-general-manager \|title=Rob Hennigan, 30, introduced as new Orlando Magic general manager -– ESPN \|publisher=Espn.go.com \|date=2012-06-21 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2012-07-16}}</ref> Hennigan is a native of [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. Hennigan graduated from [[St. John's High School (Massachusetts)\|St. John's High School]] in Shrewsbury, MA in 2000. He was a member of the state champion basketball team in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-23/sports/os-magic-gm-rob-hennigan-0624-20120623_1_shooting-guard-rob-hennigan-social-worker\|title = Top Orlando News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment}}</ref> He graduated from [[Emerson College]] in 2004 with a degree in broadcast journalism. At Emerson, he was a Division III All-American, Academic All-American, and the [[Great Northeast Athletic Conference]] Player of the Year for three seasons. He graduated Emerson as its all-time leading scorer.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nba.com/magic/news/magic_basketball_operations.html \|title=Magic Basketball Operations \|work=Orlando Magic \|accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> After college, he spent four years working for the [[San Antonio Spurs]] and another four years working for the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] before taking the GM position at Orlando in 2012.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nba.com/magic/magic-name-rob-hennigan-general-manager-062012 \|title=Magic Name Rob Hennigan General Manager \| THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ORLANDO MAGIC \|~~publisher~~work=Nba.com \|date=2012-06-20 \|accessdate=2012-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-23/sports/os-magic-gm-rob-hennigan-0624-20120623_1_shooting-guard-rob-hennigan-social-worker\|title = Top Orlando News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment}}</ref> Rob has been married to his wife, Marissa, since 2005. On April 30, 2015, the Orlando Magic extended the contract of Hennigan through the 2017–18 season. He was fired on April 13, 2017. In his five years as GM, the Magic posted a 132–278 record, the worst five-year stretch in team history.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19149104/orlando-magic-fire-general-manager-rob-hennigan\|title = Magic, no playoffs in 5 years, fire GM Hennigan\|date = 13 April 2017}}</ref> His interim replacement was assistant general manager Matt Lloyd for nearly a month before it was announced that [[Milwaukee Bucks]] general manager [[John Hammond (basketball)\|John Hammond]] would be his official replacement.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Denton\|first1=John\|title=Magic Name John Hammond General Manager\|url=http://www.nba.com/magic/news/magic-name-john-hammond-general-manager\|website=NBA.com\|accessdate=May 24, 2017\|date=May 23, 2017}}</ref> On April 30, 2015, the Orlando Magic extended the contract of General Manager Rob Hennigan, through the 2017-18 season. <ref>http://www.nba.com/magic/news/magic-extend-contract-gm-rob-hennigan</ref> ==References== Line 28 ⟶ 29: {{s-start}} {{succession box \| before = [[Otis Smith (basketball)\|Otis Smith]] \| title = [[Orlando Magic]] general manager \| years = 2012–2017 \| after = [[John Hammond (basketball)\|John Hammond]] }} ~~{{succession box~~ ~~\| before = [[Otis Smith (basketball)\|Otis Smith]]~~ ~~\| title = [[Orlando Magic]] General Manager~~ ~~\| years = 2012–present~~ ~~\| after = Incumbent}}~~ {{s-end}} {{Orlando Magic general manager navbox}} ~~{{NBAgeneralmanagers}}~~ {{DEFAULTSORT:~~Henningan~~Hennigan, Rob}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] ~~[[Category:Basketball players from Massachusetts]]~~ [[Category:Emerson Lions men's basketball players]] [[Category:~~National Basketball Association~~NBA general managers]] [[Category:Orlando Magic executives]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Basketball players from Worcester, Massachusetts]] [[Category:American men's basketball players]]