There\u2019s no longer any doubt about whether or not the Boston Celtics view Joe Mazzulla as their head coach of the future.<\/p>\n
News surfaced on Friday morning that Boston had signed Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension. \u201cThe Boston Celtics announced today that the team has signed Head Coach Joe Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension,\u201d an official release<\/a> from NBA.com revealed. \u201cPer team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.\u201d<\/p>\n The release also featured quotes from Mazzulla and Boston\u2019s President of Basketball Operations, Brad Stevens, about the new deal.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is truly a blessing,\u201d Mazzulla said, per the release. \u201cI would not be here without my faith, my wife, and my children. We are thankful for the partnership with our ownership groups, Brad\u2019s mentorship, and the support of our staff. Most importantly, I am grateful for the players I have been able to coach the past three seasons. I look forward to competing for the Celtics and the city of Boston.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very excited that Joe has agreed to extend with the Celtics,\u201d Stevens said, per the release. \u201cHe understands the job and has a passion for the Celtics that is only rivaled by our most die-hard fans. He\u2019s worked hard and accomplished amazing things in his first three years as a head coach \u2013 including averaging over 60 wins per season and winning the 2024 NBA Championship.\u00a0Joe is a gifted leader who brings a consistent commitment to learning, improving, and maximizing each day we get to compete for the Boston Celtics.\u201d<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Mazzulla has tallied an impressive .740 regular-season winning percentage over his first three seasons as head coach of the Celtics. He\u2019s gone 33-17 in the postseason and already has an NBA championship on his resum\u00e9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mazzulla has been with the Celtics organization for six seasons. He was thrust into the spotlight days before the 2022-23 season, abruptly promoted to interim head coach following Ime Udoka\u2019s suspension<\/a>. By February of 2023, Boston named Mazzulla the permanent head coach<\/a> of the team.<\/p>\n Mazzulla navigated the whirlwind of his first head-coaching season with grace, especially in the face of lofty expectations. Stevens has often praised Mazzulla in the media for how the then-34-year-old assistant coach handled the pressure of instantly becoming the head coach of the Celtics, far sooner than he or anyone on Earth expected. Just one season later, Mazzulla was riding a duck boat<\/a> through the streets of Boston celebrating the franchise\u2019s eighteenth championship.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Entering his fourth season, Mazzulla faces a brand new challenge \u2014 coaching a team that doesn\u2019t have championship expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no longer any doubt about whether or not the Boston Celtics view Joe Mazzulla as their head…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[79070,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-129715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-joe-mazzulla","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114994564877840351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}