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List of Boston Celtics head coaches
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The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck with Brad Stevens as the general manager. Founded in 1946, their 18 NBA championships are the most for any NBA franchise. Their eight consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966 represent the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada to date. They play their home games in the TD Garden.
There have been 18 head coaches for the Boston Celtics franchise. The Celtics won their first NBA championship in the 1957 NBA Finals under the coaching of Red Auerbach. Auerbach is the franchise's all-time leader in the number of regular-season and playoff wins as a coach. Auerbach and Bill Fitch were included in the Top 10 Coaches in NBA history. Fitch was the 1979–80 NBA Coach of the Year and also led the Celtics to a championship in 1981. Auerbach led the Celtics to nine championships, in 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966. He was also the 1965–66 Coach of the Year. K.C. Jones led the Celtics to two championships, in 1984 and 1986. Alvin Julian, Auerbach, Tom Heinsohn, Fitch and Rick Pitino have earned induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches.
Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, Tom Sanders, Dave Cowens, K.C. Jones, Chris Ford and M. L. Carr have played and coached for the Celtics. John Russell, Alvin Julian, Heinsohn, Sanders, Carr, and John Carroll spent their entire coaching career with the Celtics. Doc Rivers, led the team to one NBA championship.
Key
| * | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and |
|---|---|
| spent entire coaching career with the Celtics |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .
| # | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | Reference | Regular season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * | – | 108 | 42 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | * | – | 128 | 47 | 81 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 3 | – | 1192 | 795 | 397 | 148 | 90 | 58 | 9 championships (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, | ||||||
| 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966) | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–65 NBA Coach of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | – (as player-coach) | 245 | 162 | 83 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 championships (1968, 1969) | ||||||
| 5 | * | – | 690 | 427 | 263 | 80 | 47 | 33 | 1972–73 NBA Coach of the Year | |||||
| 2 championships (1974, 1976) | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | * | 62 | 23 | 39 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 7 | (as player-coach) | 68 | 27 | 41 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 8 | – | 328 | 242 | 86 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 1 championship (1981) | ||||||
| 1979–80 NBA Coach of the year | ||||||||||||||
| One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | – | 410 | 308 | 102 | 102 | 65 | 37 | 2 championships (1984, 1986) | ||||||
| 10 | – | 164 | 94 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 11 | – | 410 | 222 | 188 | 29 | 13 | 16 | |||||||
| 12 | * | – | 164 | 48 | 116 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 13 | – | 248 | 102 | 146 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 14 | – | 258 | 139 | 119 | 26 | 13 | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | * | 36 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 16 | – | 721 | 416 | 305 | 104 | 58 | 46 | 1 championship (2008) | ||||||
| 17 | * | – | 636 | 354 | 282 | 78 | 38 | 40 | ||||||
| 18 | 82 | 51 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||
| 19 | * | –present | 286 | 182 | 64 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 1 championship (2024) |
File:Auerbach Lipofsky.jpg|Red Auerbach led the franchise to 9 NBA championships in 16 seasons. Image:Bill Russell in the Green Room.jpg|Bill Russell was the coach for the Celtics when they won the Back to back NBA championship in 1968 and 1969. File:Tommy 2008 Celtics.jpg|Tom Heinsohn was named NBA Coach of the Year in and won the NBA championship in 1974 and 1976. Image:Kc jones cropped.jpg|K.C. Jones was the coach for the Celtics when they won the NBA championship in 1984 and 1986. File:Doc Rivers.JPG|Former head coach Doc Rivers led the team to the NBA championship in 2008. File:Brad Stevens 2017.jpg|Brad Stevens was the Celtics' head coach from 2013 to 2021.
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Celtics. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- Each year is linked to an article about that particular Celtics season.
References
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References
- "Boston Celtics – History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Boston Celtics coach stats @ official site". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
- "Alvin Julian". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Red Auerbach". Sports Reference LLC.
- "John Russell". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Russell". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tom Heinsohn". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Tom Sanders". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dave Cowens". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bill Fitch". Sports Reference LLC.
- "K.C. Jones". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jimmy Rodgers". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Chris Ford". Sports Reference LLC.
- "M.L. Carr". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Rick Pitino". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jim O'Brian". Sports Reference LLC.
- "John Carroll". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Doc Rivers". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Brad Stevens Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Ime Udoka Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Joe Mazzulla Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
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