C.K. Jones was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Jones is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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K. C. Jones was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. As a player, he is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career, and is one of three NBA players with an 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. Jones is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989. Jones also played with Russell on the United States national team which won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, while defeating their opponents by an unsurpassed average margin of 53.
5 points per game. After completing college and joining the NBA, Jones considered a career as an NFL player, even trying out for a team. Jones began his coaching career at Brandeis University, serving as its head coach from 1967 to 1970. He then reunited with former teammate Bill Sharman as the assistant coach for the 1971–72 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. He became the first-ever head coach of the ABA’s San Diego Conquistadors on August 8, 1972.
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