The Boston Celtics have a new coach days before training camp is set to begin. Here's everything you need to know about Joe Mazzulla.
Mazzulla, 34, is a native to Johnston, Rhode Island. He is the son of Dan Mazzulla, who coached girls basketball at Johnston High School in their hometown.
Mazzulla won three state titles at Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, and played four seasons at West Virginia University under head coaches John Beilein and Bob Huggins. The Mountaineers made four-straight men's NCAA tournament appearances during Mazzulla's collegiate career, including a Final Four run in 2010. He also won a Big East tournament championship and NIT tournament championship.
Mazzulla started his coaching career as an assistant for the Glenville State University men's basketball team, a NCAA Division II program, for two seasons after graduating from WVU in 2011. He spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Fairmont State on Jerrod Calhoun’s staff. Mazzulla also spent a season as an assistant for the the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Gatorade League.
His first head coaching experience came in 2017 at Fairmont State University. In his two seasons as coach of the Fighting Falcons, he racked up a 43-17 record and took his team to the NCAA tournament once.He interviewed for the Utah Jazz coaching job this summer,Following news of Mazzulla becoming the Celtics' interim coach, his past run-ins with the law began circulating on Twitter.
While playing at WVU, Mazzulla pleaded guilty to underage drinking and aggravated assault charges at a Pittsburgh Pirates game in 2008. A year later, Mazzulla was arrested on charges of domestic battery in a bar in Morgantown, West Virginia, where he allegedly grabbed a woman by her neck, according to a 2009Contributing: Jeff Zillgitt, The Associated Press
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