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This is a list of Boston Celtics head coaches. There have been 16 head coaches of the Boston Celtics, an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the general manager. Founded in 1946, their 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise, while the domination of NBA championship from 1959–66, with eight straight titles, is the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any North American professional sports team to date. They currently play their home games in the TD Banknorth Garden.
Their 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise. The Celtics won their first NBA championship in the 1957 NBA Finals coached by Red Auerbach. Auerbach is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.
Alvin Julian and Auerbach have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coach. Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, Tom Sanders, Dave Cowens, K.C. Jones, Chris Ford and M. L. Carr have played as well as coached for the Celtics. John Russell, Alvin Julian, Heinsohn, Sanders, Carr, and John Carroll spent their entire coaching career with the Celtics. As of June 2008, the coach of the Celtics, Doc Rivers, has led the team into an NBA championship.
| Legend | ||||||||
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| Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
Spent entire coaching career with the Celtics Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as coach and spent entire coaching career with the team
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Coaches
| Name | Start | End | Seasons | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||
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| W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | ||||
| 40s | |||||||||||
| Honey Russell | Initial Coach | End of 1947–48 | 2 | 42 | 66 | .389 | 108 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 |
| Doggie Julian | April 11, 1948 | End of 1949–50 | 2 | 47 | 81 | .367 | 128 | – | – | – | – |
| 50s & 60s | |||||||||||
| Red Auerbach | April 27, 1950 | End of 1965–66 | 16 | 795 | 397 | .667 | 1192 | 90 | 58 | .608 | 148 |
| Bill Russell | Start of 1966–67 | End of 1968–69 | 3 | 162 | 83 | .661 | 245 | 28 | 18 | .609 | 46 |
| 70s | |||||||||||
| Tom Heinsohn | Start of 1969–70 | January 3, 1978 | 9 | 427 | 263 | .619 | 690 | 47 | 33 | .588 | 80 |
| Tom Sanders | January 3, 1978 | November, 1978 | 2 | 23 | 39 | .371 | 62 | – | – | – | – |
| Dave Cowens | November, 1978 | End of 1978–79 | 1 | 27 | 41 | .397 | 68 | – | – | – | – |
| 80s | |||||||||||
| Bill Fitch | May 23, 1979 | May 27, 1983 | 4 | 242 | 86 | .738 | 328 | 26 | 19 | .578 | 45 |
| K.C. Jones | June 7, 1983 | End of 1987–88 | 5 | 308 | 102 | .751 | 410 | 65 | 37 | .637 | 102 |
| Jim Rodgers | Start of 1988–89 | May 8, 1990 | 2 | 94 | 70 | .573 | 164 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 8 |
| 90s | |||||||||||
| Chris Ford | June 12, 1990 | May 17, 1995 | 5 | 222 | 188 | .541 | 410 | 13 | 16 | .448 | 29 |
| M. L. Carr | June 20, 1995 | April 30, 1997 | 2 | 48 | 116 | .293 | 164 | – | – | – | – |
| Rick Pitino | May 8, 1997 | January 8, 2001 | 4 | 102 | 146 | .411 | 248 | – | – | – | – |
| 00s | |||||||||||
| Jim O'Brien | January 8, 2001 | January 27, 2004 | 4 | 139 | 119 | .539 | 258 | 13 | 13 | .500 | 26 |
| John Carroll | January 27, 2004 | End of 2003–04 | 1 | 14 | 22 | .389 | 36 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4 |
| Doc Rivers | April 29, 2004 | Incumbent | 4 | 168 | 160 | .512 | 328 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 33 |
Accomplishments
- 9 NBA Championships
(1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966) - NBA Coach of the Year
(1964–65)
- 2 NBA Championships
(1974, 1976) - NBA Coach of the Year
(1972–73)
- 1 NBA Championship
(1981) - NBA Coach of the Year
(1979–80)
- 1 NBA Championship
(2008)
References
- ^ "Boston Celtics - History". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "Basketball Hall of Fame". hoophall.com. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
External links
- "Boston Celtics coach register". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- "Boston Celtics coach stats @ official site". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
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