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Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 27, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. He served as a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Boston Celtics. Auerbach was also the head coach of the Washington Capitols and Tri-Cities Blackhawks.
Eleven of those occurred between 1957 and 1969, with a dynasty led by center Bill Russell and coach/general manager Red Auerbach. The Celtics won two more titles in the 1970s under coach Tom Heinsohn , and three more in the 1980s under the leadership of forward Larry Bird .
The Celtics' rise to dominance began in the late 1950s, after the team, led by coach Red Auerbach, acquired Bill Russell in 1956, later becoming the cornerstone of the Celtics dynasty. Led by Russell, Bob Cousy, and Tom Heinsohn, the Celtics won their first NBA championship in 1957.
Red Auerbach. Teams: Washington Capitols (1946-49), Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1949-50), Boston Celtics ... Auerbach twice rebuilt the Celtics dynasty after Russell's retirement, patching together ...
Russell and coach Red Auerbach, with his trademark victory cigar, after winning the 1966 NBA championship. Celtics coach Red Auerbach retired before the 1966–67 NBA season. To coach the Celtics, he had initially wanted his old player Frank Ramsey, who was too occupied running his three lucrative nursing homes. [111]
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle won his 939th game as a head coach on Monday, surpassing Celtics legend Red Auerbach for 12th on the all-time wins list.
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 ...
Michael Chiklis will play Red Auerbach in HBO’s upcoming scripted series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s. The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019. It is described as ...