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Red Auerbach
American basketball coach and executive (1917–2006)
Red Auerbach in front of collage created by his brother, Zang Auerbach | |
| Born | (1917-09-20)September 20, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Died | October 28, 2006(2006-10-28) (aged 89) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| High school | Eastern District (Brooklyn, New York) |
| College | |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career | 1940–1966 |
| 1940 | St. Albans School |
| 1940–1943 | Roosevelt HS |
| 1946–1949 | Washington Capitols |
| 1949 | Duke |
| 1949–1950 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
| 1950–1966 | Boston Celtics |
| As head coach: As executive: | |
| NBA | 938–479 (.662) |
| Record at Basketball Reference | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 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
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Arnold “Red” Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 20, 1917. He attended the Seth Low Junior College in New York and George Washington University.
Auerbach was undistinguished as a college basketball player, but was an instant success as a coach. Auerbach led the Boston Celtics to 16 championship titles throughout his career, first serving as coach and later as general manager. As head coach of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Boston Celtics l950-1966, Auerbach’s teams won nine World Championships--eight in succession, nine within ten years--and 11 Division titles. The Auerbach-coached Celtics won 938 games, making his the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkins overtook him during the 1994-1995 season. Auerbach is considered the most successful professional basketball coach of all-time. He was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
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"When I came to the Celtics there was this Celtic mystique. And I was one of the few skeptics. Finally, it came through to me after we had won the championship. I went up to Red and said, 'Now I understand what the Celtic mystique is.' "And he was about the proudest man in the world," says Paul Silas about Red Auerbach on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.
Red Auerbach's coaching philosophy was simple: Only one statistic mattered. At the end of the game, he wanted the number next to his team to be greater than that next to his opponent. The individual players weren't the ones who made the difference. It was the team as a whole. Just being a member of a winning team was part of the Auerbach mystique.
| Larry Bird smokes one of Auerbach's traditional victory cigars after winning the 1981 NBA title. |
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