Brad Stevens named Celtics Head Coach

By Joseph Landini
New England Sports Journal
July 4, 2013
http://www.newenglandsportsjournal.com/2013/07/boston-celtics/brad-stevens-named-celtics-head-coach/

BOSTON–Wednesday afternoon the Boston Celtics named Butler University’s Brad Stevens their new head coach.

This hire marks the first time the franchise has named a head coach straight out of college since Rick Pitino in 1997. Stevens, 36, is now the youngest coach in the NBA.

Fortunately the young Stevens brings an impressive resume from the college game, where he held a winning percentage of .722 and brought Butler to back to back National Title games in 2010 and 2011. Known for bringing Butler basketball to the spotlight, Stevens will now test his talents on an even larger stage.

According to Yahoo! NBA Columnist Adrian Wojnarowski, Stevens signed a 6yr, $22 million dollar contract:



Stevens will be a main piece in the rebuild of one of the most storied franchise’s in NBA history. After trading away the core of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Nets, the Celtics will look totally different when opening night comes in the Fall.

After a first round exit to the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics will build their team younger. With the exit of Doc Rivers, Stevens may be a great fit to teach these younger players.

Although the Celtics have many questions to address this offseason, one question is officially answered: Brad Stevens is the new their new head coach.