{"id":1358910,"date":"2021-05-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1358910"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T22:38:34","slug":"boston-celtics-bill-russell-broke-color-barrier-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/boston-celtics-bill-russell-broke-color-barrier-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Bill Russell Broke Sports Color Barrier for Coaches Almost 60 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Bill Russell<\/a> won more NBA titles than any other player in history, taking home 11 rings in his 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics<\/a>. That fact is well-known. What isn't as\u00a0well-known is that Russell won the last two of those as a player-coach and broke a major barrier<\/a> in the process. With the Celtics<\/a>, Russell was the first Black coach in any of the major North American professional sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That it was the Celtics breaking the barrier isn\u2019t a surprise. During his tenure with the team, longtime coach and longer-time general manager Red Auerbach accomplished several racial firsts. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBill Russell inherited a Boston Celtics dynasty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n