On this day, Red names Bill Russell head coach; Sam Jones drafted

On this day in 1966, Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach named Bill Russell his successor as head coach, nine years after they drafted shooting guard luminary Sam Jones.

It is the birthday of small forward Ed Searcy, another Celtics short-timer who played four games for Boston in 1975.

Searcy, who was born in 1952 in New York City, averaged 1.5 points and 0.3 assists in that stint and in the most technical sense possible, won a championship with the team — though he was long gone by the time the playoffs began.