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Dave Cowens is the last player-coach in the league. He coached the Celtics in the 1978–79 season before relinquishing his coaching duty to focus on his playing career. [15] Richie Guerin had coached 372 games as a player-coach, the most among the other player-coaches.
On February 16, 2023, the Celtics officially named Mazzulla the 19th head coach in franchise history and signed him to a contract extension after Mazzulla led the team to a league-best 42–17 record at the NBA All-Star break. [19] [20] In April, he was named one of three finalists for NBA Head Coach of the Year. [21]
The player-coach was, for many decades, a long-time fixture in professional basketball. Many notable coaches in the NBA served as player-coaches, including Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens. This was especially true up through the 1970s, when the league was not as financially successful as it is today, and player-coaches were often used to save money.
1964–65 NBA Coach of the Year One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history [3] [5] 4 Bill Russell † 1966–1969 (as player-coach) 245 162 83 .661 18 12 6 .667 2 championships (1968, 1969) [7] 5 Tom Heinsohn *† 1969–1978: 690 427 263 .619 80 47 33 .588 1972–73 NBA Coach of the Year 2 championships (1974, 1976) [8] 6 Tom Sanders * 1978: 62 ...
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.
Christopher Joseph Ford (January 11, 1949 – January 17, 2023) was an American professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ). Nicknamed "The Mad Bomber", [1] [2] Ford played most of his NBA career on the Detroit Pistons, before finishing his playing career at the Boston Ce
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Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An NBA player for 14 seasons, he was an NBA All-Star and was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History.