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On this day: Jimmy Rodgers fired; Kemba Walker, Keyon Dooling born

On this day, former Boston Celtics head coach Jimmy Rodgers was fired, and Celtics guards Kemba Walker and Keyon Dooling were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Head Coach Jimmy Rodgers was fired in that role after unexpectedly dropping a first-round matchup with the New York Knicks in the 1990 NBA Playoffs. Rodgers had joined the Celtics as an assistant coach under Bill Fitch in 1979. He would stay on with the organization after Fitch was let go as head coach in 1983, working under Celtics legend KC Jones, then replacing Jones as head coach upon his resignation in 1988.

Rodgers was dealt a rough hand in his first season, with star forward Larry Bird out injured for much of the season. While the first-round exit and poor records are perhaps not up to par for the Celtics teams of old, the franchise inherited by Rodgers was heavily mortgaged in favor of an aging core that probably should have been broken up years earlier.

Rodgers finished with a 94-70 regular-season record, and went 2 and 6 in the postseason, good for .573 and .250 winning percentages, respectively.

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On this day: Jimmy Rodgers fired; Kemba Walker, Keyon Dooling born

On this day, former Boston Celtics head coach Jimmy Rodgers was fired, and Celtics guards Kemba Walker and Keyon Dooling were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Head Coach Jimmy Rodgers was fired in that role after unexpectedly dropping a first-round matchup with the New York Knicks in the 1990 NBA Playoffs. Rodgers had joined the Celtics as an assistant coach under Bill Fitch in 1979 and stayed on with the organization after Fitch was let go as head coach in 1983, working under Celtics legend KC Jones, then replacing Jones as head coach upon his resignation in 1988.

Rodgers was dealt a rough hand in his first season with star forward Larry Bird out injured for much of the season. While the first-round exit and poor records are perhaps not up to par for the Celtics teams of old, the franchise inherited by Rodgers was heavily mortgaged in favor of an aging core that probably should have been broken up years earlier.

Rodgers finished with a 94-70 regular-season record, and went 2 and 6 in the postseason, good for .573 and .250 winning percentages, respectively.

On this day: KC Jones resigns, Jimmy Rodgers hired; 1967 draft

On this day former Celtics player and coach KC Jones resigned as head coach, and assistant Jimmy Rodgers stepped into the role.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, head coach and former player KC Jones resigned as coach unexpectedly on completion of the 1987-88 NBA season. Jones, an eight-time NBA champion with the team as a point guard, would win two more rings as head coach (one in 1984, the other in 1986), and would be designated coach of the NBA All-Star game for Boston four times between 1984 and 1987.

The University of San Francisco product coached the Celtics for five seasons beginning in 1983-84 and would amass a 308-102 regular-season record and a 65-37 playoff record, good for .751 and .637 winning percentages, respectively.

Jones would stay on with the team in an advisory role for one more season before joining the Seattle Supersonics as an assistant coach in the 1989-90 NBA season.

On this day: Russell jersey retired; Bird for 60; NINE alumni birthdays

On this day in Celtics history, Bill Russell’s jersey went up to the rafters, Larry Bird scored a career-high 60 points, and Jimmy Rodgers was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, iconic Boston big man Bill Russell had his jersey retired in a ceremony at the old Boston Garden in 1972. The ceremony was a small, quiet one, without fanfare or even fans. The Celtics great resisted even having the ceremony due to the conflicted relationship he had with the city.

Having experienced considerable racism from a certain subset of the fanbase over the years, Russell had no interest sharing such a moment with the same people who called him epithets and worse over his time with the Celtics. “He had animosities toward Boston, as most people know,” said Tom Heinsohn, former teammate, and fellow champion via the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach.

“And they were well-founded animosities, I might add.”

On this day: Jimmy Rodgers fired; Kemba Walker, Keyon Dooling born

On this day, former Boston Celtics head coach Jimmy Rodgers was fired, and Celtics guards Kemba Walker and Keyon dooling were born.

On this day, former Boston Celtics head coach Jimmy Rodgers was fired in that role after dropping a first round matchup with the New York Knicks in the 1990 NBA Playoffs.

Rodgers joined the Celtics as an assistant under Bill Fitch in 1979, and stayed on with the organization after his departure in 1983, working under Celtics legend K.C. Jones, then replacing Jones as head coach upon his resignation in 1988.

Rodgers was dealt a rough hand in his first season with star forward Larry Bird out injured for much of the season.

While the first-round exit and poor records perhaps not up to par for the Celtics teams of old, the franchise inherited by Rodgers was heavily mortgaged in favor of an aging core that probably should have been broken up years earlier.

Rodgers finished with a 94-70 regular season record, and went 2 and 6 in the postseason, good for .573 and .250 winning percentages, respectively.

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On this day: Jones resigns, Rodgers hired coach; beat 76ers in ’81 ECF

On this day former Boston Celtics player and coach K.C. Jones resigned as head coach, and assistant Jimmy Rodgers stepped into the role.

On this day in 1988, Boston Celtics head coach and former player K.C. Jones resigned as coach unexpectedly on completion of the 1987-88 NBA season.

Jones, an eight-time NBA champion with the team as a point guard, would win two more rings as head coach (one in 1984, the other in 1986), and would be designated coach of the NBA All-Star game for Boston four times between 1984 and 1987.

The USF product coached the Celtics for five seasons beginning in 1983-84, and amassed a 308-102 regular season record and a 65-37 playoff record, good for .751 and .637 winning percentages, respectively.

Jones would linger with the organization a bit longer with Boston’s front office for the 1988-89 season before leaving to join the Seattle Supersonics as an assistant coach and consultant.

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