On this day: Chris Ford fired; Todd Mundt, Dave Popson born

On this day in 1995, Boston Celtics head coach Chris Ford was fired, and big men Todd Mundt and Dave Popson were born.

It is also the birthday of former Celtic big man Todd Mundt, born in 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa.

A 7-foot center who went undrafted out of Memphis, Mundt played a stint with the Atlanta Hawks before turning a 10-day contract with Boston into a rest-of-season deal in 1996.

He would play just nine games with the Celtics, over which he would average 0.7 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game over that stretch.