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13 hours ago · Those championships came courtesy of Red Auerbach. Taking the head coach job for the Celtics in 1950, Auerbach led the team to their first title in 1957, and would then proceed to win eight ...
5 days ago · During the days of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, there was a championship and there were two close-but-no-Red Auerbach-cigar finishes, once against Miami in the Eastern Conference ...
2 days ago · Red Auerbach. Do you believe the great Red Auerbach only won the Coach of the Year plum once in his 20-season career at the helm of the Boston Celtics? He steered the Celtics to nine championships ...
2 days ago · The ’60’s belonged to the Celtics. In the greatest stretch of dominance the league has ever seen, Boston won nine of ten titles from ’60-’69. This run cemented Bill Russell and head coach Red Auerbach as two of the greatest winners in sports history. Though, it wasn’t just Russell who got it done on the floor for the C’s.
5 days ago · After the Los Angeles Lakers' comeback overtime win in Game 1, Red Auerbach, who had challenged the entire league to topple the Celtics from their reign by announcing he would retire after 1965–1966 before the season had started (thus giving his detractors "one last shot" at him), announced Bill Russell as the Celtics coach for 1966–1967 ...
4 days ago · The team posted a losing record in each of its first four seasons, which prompted the hiring of head coach Red Auerbach in 1950.
4 days ago · News about Red Auerbach on Sports Mole with the latest player news, biographical information, pictures and more.
