Celtics Hall of Famer, One-Time Milwaukee Assistant, KC Jones Dies at 88
BOSTON (AP) Basketball Hall of Famer K.C. Jones, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champion who won eight straight NBA titles during the Celtics’ Bill Russell era and then coached the Boston teams with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to two more championships in the 1980s, has died. He was 88.
The Celtics said Jones’ family confirmed that he died on Friday at an assisted living facility in Connecticut, where he had been receiving care for Alzheimer’s disease for several years.
“K.C. was the nicest man I ever met. He always went out of his way to make people feel good, it was such an honor to play for him,” Bird said in a statement. “His accomplishments are too many to list, but, to me, his greatest accomplishment was being such an outstanding person to all who had the privilege of knowing him, I will miss him dearly.”
Boston Celtics Hall of Famer K C Jones dies at 88
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December 22, 2020 - by Chuck Walsh Hamilton On Ballot For Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has won nearly 600 games and who is the fifth all-time winningest coach in ACC history, was named as an eligible candidate for the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Hamilton highlights the list of four first time coaching candidates including Ken Anderson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Lou Henson (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois) and Paul Westhead (NBA and College).
Hamilton is in his 19
th season as the Seminoles’ Head Coach and is the winningest coach in program history with 365 wins during his tenure at Florida State. He has led Florida State to a pair of ACC Championships (2012 and 2020) and to seven NCAA Tournament appearances. In his first 18 years at Florida State, the Seminoles have advanced to the postseason 14 times with tri
2 NHL Stars Babysat Nets Coach Steve Nash When He Grew up in Canada
A legendary point guard, Nash is now the Brooklyn Nets’ head coach. Nash inherits a team with star point guard Kyrie Irving and forward Kevin Durant, who will one day join Nash in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Before he had an incredible career on the hardwood, Nash grew up a soccer and hockey-loving boy in Canada. Along the way, Nash was lucky enough to have two future NHL stars babysit him in British Columbia.
Steve Nash is a legendary point guard
Although he played 18 seasons, Steve Nash is easily best known for his dominant run in the 2000s.
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