Personal Life
Van Gundy was born in Indio, California. Van Gundy and his wife, Kim, have four children, Shannon, Michael, Alison and Kelly.
Van Gundy grew up as a son of a basketball coach, Bill Van Gundy, the former head coach at Brockport State University in Western New York. His younger brother Jeff Van Gundy has coached two teams in the NBA as well. After Jeff became a member of the NBA on ABC's broadcast team, he was an analyst during the 2009 NBA Finals while Stan coached the Orlando Magic.
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