Celtics Black Coach

Russell was a player coach for the celtics from 1966 69 winning two titles and compiling a 162.

Celtics black coach. The tales about his success as the head coach at georgetown are legendary with him taking the hoyas to the final four three times while becoming the first black coach to win an ncaa title in 1984 as part of a coaching career that produced countless all americans and four naismith basketball hall of fame inductees patrick ewing alonzo mourning dikembe mutombo and iverson. Don t miss nbc sports boston s coverage of celtics 76ers game 3. Racism is not an abstract phenomenon for former boston celtics head coach doc rivers. We don t have that big voice that has spoken out.

A a running total of the number of coaches of the celtics. Jones was the coach for the celtics when they won the nba championship in 1984 and 1986. Red auerbach selected thompson who stood 6 foot 10 in the 3rd round of the. Former head coach doc rivers led the team to the nba championship in 2008.

When red auerbach stepped down as the head coach of the boston celtics after the 1966 championship campaign there was. From his days as a player up to the present it has had a palpable impact on his life with his home even being burned down at one point over his interracial relationship. Boston celtics head coach brad stevens apparently had seen enough in wednesday night s game 2 against the philadelphia 76ers. Former boston celtics big man and renowned coach mentor and analyst john thompson passed away early monday according to a statement released by georgetown university where he coached for 27 years after playing two seasons for boston in the 1960s.

So when asked by the media about the. Brad stevens is the boston celtics current head coach. In 1966 the celtics hired the first black head coach in nba history when russell replaced auerbach.