Arnold "Red"
Auerbach
Enshrined:
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a coach on April 13, 1969
September 20, 1917 Brooklyn, NY
5-foot-10
170 pounds |
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- Eastern District (Brooklyn, NY) (1932-35)
| High School Playing Highlights: |
- Three-year letter winner
- All-Brooklyn (1935)
- Seth Low Junior College (New York) (1936-37)
- George Washington University (Washington, DC)
(1937-40)
| College Playing Highlights: |
- Three-year letter winner at George Washington
- ABL/EBL Harrisburg Senators (1942-43)
| Military Coaching Highlights: |
- Norfolk Navy Base, assistant coach
- Roosevelt High School (Washington, DC) (1941-43)
- St. Albans Prep (1940)
- Duke University, assistant coach (1949-50)
- BAA Washington Capitals (1946-49)
- NBA Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1949-50)
- NBA Boston Celtics (1950-66)
- Led Washington to two division titles (1947, 1949)
- Coached the Boston Celtics to eight straight NBA
championships (1959-66) and nine overall
- First coach in history to win 1,000 games (1,037-548)
- Led Boston to 10 Eastern Division titles in 16 years
(1956-66)
- NBA Coach of the Year (1965)
- Named greatest coach in the history of the NBA by the
Professional Basketball Writers Association of America (1980)
- Coached 11 Hall of Famers
- Named NBA Executive of the Year (1980)
- NBA 25th Anniversary All-Time team coach (1970)
- Coached in the NBA East-West All-Star Game 11
consecutive years (1957-67) and compiled a 7-4 record
- Authored the widely circulated basketball book Basketball
for the Player, the Fan and the Coach
 Red
Auerbach is the architect and mastermind behind one of the most dominant
franchises in professional sports history, the Boston Celtics. The
cigar-chomping Auerbach wasn't a passive bench coach, but an aggressive,
demanding and often volatile mentor who coached 11 Hall of Famers and led
Boston to 10 Eastern Division titles in 16 years. Auerbach's passionate
style reaped large rewards. From 1959 to 1966, the Celtics won eight
straight NBA championships, a streak unmatched in sports history. At the
time of his enshrinement, Auerbach was the first coach in history to win
1,000 games, and his 1,037-548 career coaching record ranked him first
all-time. Auerbach led Boston to 99 playoff victories, a mark few other
coaches have achieved. Auerbach showcased his coaching prowess in 11
straight All-Star games. He was named NBA Coach of the Year in 1965, and
in 1970, was selected as the NBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time Team coach.
In 1980, the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America
(PBWAA) named Auerbach the greatest coach in the history of the NBA.
Auerbach began his coaching career in 1946 in the BAA with the Washington
Capitals and led them to the 1947 and 1949 division titles. In 1950,
Auerbach became head coach of the Boston Celtics. After coaching, Auerbach
joined the Celtics front office full-time and in 1980 was named NBA
Executive of the Year.
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