Boston Celtics Have Hired Their New Head Coach

The Boston Celtics have reached an agreement with Brooklyn Nets' assistant coach Ime Udoka to make him the franchise's new head coach, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.


After completing a major trade last week, dealing Kemba Walker to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Brad Stevens has now hired a new head coach. Udoka separated himself from other candidates after receiving major support from Celtics players, who worked under him with Team USA.




Udoka was considered a candidate for other teams who have a head coaching vacancy. He had been an assistant coach since 2012, working for three different organizations including the San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, and Nets.

He won a championship in 2014 as the assistant coach for the Spurs under Gregg Popovich.