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- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- K. C. Jones is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he won eleven of his twelve NBA championships (eight as a player, one as an assistant coach, and two as a head coach). Jones was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
- IMDb mini biography by: NBA
- Member of University of San Francisco's basketball team in 1950s.
- Assistant coach for the NBA Los Angeles Lakers (1971-1972), NBA Milwaukee Bucks (1976-1977), NBA Boston Celtics (1978-1979, 1982-1983, 1996-1997), NBA Seattle Supersonics (1989-1990) and NBA Detroit Pistons (1994-1995).
- Bullets record: 155-91. Led Washington to the 1975 NBA Finals, losing to Golden State 4-0. Boston record: 308-102. NBA championship 1984 and 1986. Led Boston to four straight Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division titles (1984-1988). Led Boston to the best record in the NBA (1984-1986) and three 60-win-or-better seasons. * * *
- He was a member of the US Olympic gold medal team (1956).
- Head coach for Brandeis University (1967-1970). Record: 34-32
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