On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion ex-Celtics point guard K.C. Jones was hired as head coach of the team he won eight titles with as a player. He went on to win two more titles with the Celtics as a coach in 1984 and 1986 and was named head coach of the All-Star game four times.
Jones amassed a 308-102 regular-season record and a 65-37 playoff record, good for .751 and .637 winning percentages, respectively. To the surprise of many, Jones resigned as head coach following the 1987-88 NBA season. The job was taken over by longtime Celtics assistant coach Jimmy Rodgers.
”It’s something I wanted to do,” Jones would say of his resignation in an interview at his home with the Associated Press.
