Boston Celtics | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Johnston, Rhode Island, U.S. | June 30, 1988
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, Rhode Island) |
College | West Virginia (2006–2011) |
NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
Coaching career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2011–2013 | Glenville State (assistant) |
2013–2016 | Fairmont State (assistant) |
2016–2017 | Maine Red Claws (assistant) |
2017–2019 | Fairmont State |
2019–2022 | Boston Celtics (assistant) |
2022–2023 | Boston Celtics (interim head coach) |
2023–present | Boston Celtics |
Career highlights and awards | |
Joseph Mazzulla (born June 30, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for West Virginia University as a point guard.
Mazzulla joined the Celtics as an assistant coach in 2019 and was named interim head coach prior to the 2022–23 season before being named head coach in February 2023. In his second season, Mazzulla led the Celtics to a league-best 64 wins and an NBA championship. He currently holds the highest winning percentage of any coach in NBA history with over 150 games coached and is also the youngest head coach to win the NBA Finals since Bill Russell did so in 1969 as a player-coach.