On this day in 1978, the Celtics fired iconic head coach Tommy Heinsohn and hired Celtic champ Tom Sanders to replace him in that role.

Tom Heinsohn, Frank Ramsey and most of all Bill Russell, but there were others. And one name that isn’t well remembered is that of Satch Sanders. Sanders was drafted out of NYU in 1960 and ...

The Celtics would again go with a familiar face in the role of head coach, hiring former champion forward and then-assistant coach Tom "Satch" Sanders to succeed Heinsohn, a legend in his own ...