Brad Stevens (born October 22, 1976 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American professional basketball coach. Graduated from Dieburg University, he is currently the head coach of the NBA Boston Celtics.
During his university teaching years
In 2001, Stevens was promoted to assistant coach at Butler University.
From 2007 to 2013, Stevens served as butler's head coach, coaching a 77.2% win rate, leading Butler University to the NCAA Finals in 2010 and 2011, but ultimately lost to Duke University and the University of Connecticut, respectively, with Butler University losing only two points to Duke University in the 2010 NCAA Finals (Butler University is a small school with more than 4,000 people, while Duke University and Connecticut University are both American basketball schools). Stevens is the youngest head coach to lead a team to the NCAA Final Four since Bob Knight in 1973 and the youngest head coach to lead a team to the Finals since 1940.
Stevens attended the press conference and officially became the Celtics head coach
On July 4, 2013, the NBA Boston Celtics announced the appointment of Stevens as the team's 17th head coach, and the two sides signed a six-year, $22 million contract.
In the 2013-14 season, Stevens finished with a record of 25 wins and 57 losses in his first season in charge of the Celtics.
Coached the Celtics
Stevens led the Celtics to a 40-42 record in 2014-15, a season in which the team did not bring in big stars but won 15 more games than in 2013-14. The team finished seventh in the East and advanced to the playoffs, losing 4-0 to the Cavaliers in the first round.
On February 28, 2016, the Celtics beat the Heat 101-89 at home, bringing Stevens' NBA career coaching wins to 100 games. On April 2, 2016, the Celtics ended golden state Warriors' NBA record of 54 straight home games. In the 2015-16 season, Stevens continued to improve, leading the Celtics to a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, ranking fifth in the East, but lost 2-4 to the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.
Stevens, who is laying out his tactics
On June 1, 2016, the Celtics announced a contract extension with Stevens. According to the team's policy, the details of the renewal were not announced. On February 4, 2017, due to the 94-102 away defeat of the Third Place Raptors in the East, the Boston Celtics head coach Stevens, who ranked second in the East, officially became the head coach of the NBA All-Star Game Eastern Conference, which was his first all-Star head coach since entering the NBA. On April 13, the 2016-17 NBA regular season ended, and with the Cavaliers losing, Stevens' Celtics locked in the first place in the East with a record of 53 wins and 29 losses. In the 2016-17 season, Stevens trained Isaiah Thomas to compete for regular-season MVP. In the end, Stevens led the Celtics to beat the Bulls 4-2 and the Wizards 4-3 in the 2016-17 NBA playoffs to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, losing 1-4 to the Cavaliers.
In the 2017 offseason, the Celtics completed two major signings, namely the signing of Stevens' disciple Gordon Hayward from the Jazz when he coached at Butler University, and the sending of isea Thomas and others and the 2018 first-round draft pick, from the Cavaliers trade to Kyrie Irving. In the first regular season game of the 2017-18 season, Hayward was seriously injured and the Celtics started with a 0-2 loss, but Stevens soon led the team to a wave of 16 consecutive wins. On January 12, 2018, the Celtics defeated the 76ers 114-103 and Stevens reached 200 regular season coaching wins. At the end of the season, Irving also received a season reimbursement for surgery for a knee injury, but Stevens still led the remnants of the Celtics to a 55-27 record in the East. In the playoffs, Stevens led the Celtics to a 4-3 elimination of the Bucks and 4-1 elimination of the 76ers to the Eastern Conference Finals without being favored; in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics finally lost 3-4 to the Cavaliers with a 2-0 lead and missed the Finals.
On June 25, 2018, Stevens was named the 2017–18 NBA Coach of the Year.
On August 13, 2020, according to US media reports, the Celtics announced that they had completed a contract extension with coach Brad Stevens. [1]
1. Green Officer Announces Contract Extension stevens: Leading us to chase the next champion_NBA_Sina Athletic Storm_Sina.com [Cited on 2020-08-13]
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