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Boston Celtics finalize Ime Udoka’s coaching staff

The Boston Celtics announced the 11 members of its coaching staff for the 2021-22 season, including four new assistant coach hires under new head coach Ime Udoka.

The Boston Celtics have finalized their coaching staff for the upcoming season, hiring six assistants and five player enhancement staff, according to a team release.

The new assistants that have been added to head coach Ime Udoka’s staff are Will Hardy, Damon Stoudamire, Ben Sullivan, Joe Mazzulla, Aaron Miles and Tony Dobbins.

The Celtics have also added Evan Bradds, Garrett Jackson, DJ MacLeay and Steve Tchiengang to its player enhancement staff as well. They also hired Matt Reynolds as a special assistant to the head coach.

Hardy has spent his entire coaching career with the San Antonio Spurs, including the last six seasons working as an assistant coach. He came on for them as a basketball operations intern and worked his way up. He also helped Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and served as the Spurs summer league head coach in 2017 and 2018.

Stoudamire has been the head coach of the University of Pacific men’s basketball team since 2016 after spending 13 years in the NBA. The No. 7 overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft is also a former Rookie of the Year.

Sullivan has been with the Milwaukee Bucks for the past three seasons, including their NBA title-winning 2021 season, and brings seven years of assistant coaching experience to Boston.

Miles will don the title of assistant coach for the first time at the professional level with Boston – he spent two years as an assistant for Kansas and Florida Gulf Coast, though. He has been the Golden State Warriors player development coach, a type of assistant coach but more focused on player development, and their G-League affiliate’s head coach before.

Dobbins and Mazzulla are set to return to Boston for their second and third seasons, respectively.

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WATCH: Get to know Damon Stoudamire, new Boston Celtics assistant coach

While older fans may remember Mighty Mouse from his playing days, Stoudamire may be a bit of a mystery for younger Celtics fans.

Most Boston Celtics fans know that new head coach Ime Udoka hired fellow Portland native Damon Stoudamire because of his past as a player in addition to his coaching chops, but beyond that many may not know that much more about the former NBAer and current Celtics assistant.

The former University of the Pacific head coach sat down with Rasheed Wallace and Bonzi Wells, fellow former players and the hosts of the Ball is Life podcast “Let’s Get Technical” to talk about his new job with Boston. They discuss everything from the draft, working with the Celtics’ star wings Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum and coaching under Udoka to coping with Boston’s weather and the NBA Finals.

Be sure to check out the pod in the video embedded below to get up to speed on Stoudamire the assistant coach, and get a feel for the NBA legend and his approach to the game if you don’t already know it — or just need a refresher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho5C1ZomZe8

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Goodman: Damon Stoudamire to leave Pacific, join Udoka’s staff

Former NBA veteran Damon Stoudamire is set to join Ime Udoka’s coaching staff with the Celtics.

Ime Udoka continues to build out his coaching staff in his first head gig with the Boston Celtics.

Spurs assistant Will Hardy was Udoka’s first addition to the staff. This time around, he adds a former NBA veteran.

Reported by Jeff Goodman of Stadium, Pacific head coach Damon Stoudamire has agreed to join Udoka’s staff with the Celtics.

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported last week that Udoka had his eyes on the 13-year NBA veteran.

Udoka and Stoudamire were teammates on the San Antonio Spurs during the 2007-08 season as well as both growing up in Portland.

Prior to being the head coach at Pacific since 2016 and assistant coaching gigs at the University of Memphis and Arizona, Stoudamire was an assistant for the Memphis Grizzlies from 2009-11.

Stoudamire, like Udoka, gives the Celtics another former player turned coach who can relate to the players on and off the court.

Woj: Udoka eyeing Pacific’s Damon Stoudamire for coaching staff

According to Woj. Ime Udoka may be targeting 13-tear NBA veteran Damon Stoudamire for his coaching staff.

New Celtics head coach Ime Udoka is certainly wasting no time in putting together his coaching staff.

On Monday, Jay King of The Athletic reported that Udoka was adding Spurs assistant Will Hardy to his staff. Today, Clevis Murray of The Athletic reported that current assistant Jay Larranga is not expected to return. And now it looks like Udoka has his eyes on adding a former NBA vet.

Reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Udoka is targeting 13-year NBA veteran and current University of the Pacific head coach Damon Stoudamire to join his coaching staff.

Udoka and Stoudamire were teammates on the San Antonio Spurs during the 2007-08 season.

Stoudamire has been the head coach at Pacific since 2016, winning WCC coach of the year in 2020 and holding a 71-77 overall record.

Stoudamire held several assistant gigs prior to coaching at Pacific, including with the Memphis Grizzlies from 2009-11, University of Memphis from 2011-13 and 2015-16, and University of Arizona from 2013-15.

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