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At 35 years old, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla became the youngest NBA head coach to win a championship since Bill Russell achieved the same feat for the Celtics in 1969. The second-year head coach led the Celtics to a 64-18 regular season and a 4-1 series win over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Though the NBA has many problems, M...

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We've learned more about Joe Mazzulla the Boston Celtics head coach over the last year, but what about Joe Mazzulla the person? Since the start of the 2023-24 NBA season, NBC Sports Boston's video crew spent time with Mazzulla to learn what makes him tick. In Part 1 of our "Mazzulla" docuseries, the second-year coach showed how he developed his com...

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Did you know that Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla grew up in Rhode Island? You’ve probably heard that once or a thousand times by this point in the season. Zolak and Bertrand like to pick the Johnston native’s brain about peculiar Ocean State traditions on his weekly interview. During Super Bowl week they decided to ask Mazzulla his opinion of the ...

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Ever since Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka got into the scandal that forced him to be suspended for a year, Joe Mazzulla was the interim head coach. The organization has now decided to change it. The Celtics officially announced that Mazzulla is not the permanent head coach, replacing Udoka in the position. The franchise has also extended the c...

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Jayson Tatum and his Boston Celtics teammates were focused on every word from their interim head coach Joe Mazzulla when he addressed them for the first time in the midst of turmoil. The 34-year-old was just elevated from assistant coach to first-time NBA head coach in the wake of Celtics head coach Ime Udoka being suspended for the entire 2022-23...

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