On this day: Pitino hired; DJ retired; 1968 expansion draft takes 3 Cs

On this day, Rick Pitino was hired as head coach and team president of the Boston Celtics, Dennis Johnson retired, and 3 Cs were taken in the ’68 expansion draft.

The other player taken by Boston was former UConn Huskies big man Toby Kimball, who played just one season with the club in 1966-67.

Just under a year later, he would be taken from the franchise in the 1967 expansion draft by the then-San Diego Rockets, where he had the most success of his career.

He would record 2.6 points, 3.8 boards and 0.3 assists per contest with the Celtics.