Bill Fitch

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NBA coach basketball coach human

Bill Fitch was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Boston Celtics to the 1981 NBA championship and for his reputation as a demanding, turnaround specialist.

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Bill Fitch canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA coach ⓘ
basketball coach ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
NBA Coach of the Year ⓘ
surface form: NBA Coach of the Year Award
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
championshipWon 1981 NBA Finals ⓘ
coachedFranchiseFirstPlayoffAppearance Cleveland Cavaliers ⓘ
Houston Rockets ⓘ
Los Angeles Clippers ⓘ
Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey Nets
coachingStyle demanding ⓘ
collegeAttended Coe College ⓘ
Minnesota State University ⓘ
surface form: Minnesota State University, Mankato
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-02-02 ⓘ
familyName Fitch ⓘ
fullName William Charles Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2019 ⓘ
jerseyNumberCoached not applicable ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
leagueCoachedIn National Basketball Association ⓘ
militaryService United States Marine Corps ⓘ
NBAChampionships 1 ⓘ
NBACoachingDebutSeason 1970–71 NBA season ⓘ
NBACoachingRetirementSeason 1997–98 NBA season ⓘ
NBARegularSeasonLosses 1106 ⓘ
NBARegularSeasonWins 944 ⓘ
notableAchievement developing multiple expansion and struggling NBA teams into playoff contenders ⓘ
notableWork leading the Boston Celtics to the 1981 NBA championship ⓘ
occupation basketball coach ⓘ
placeOfBirth Davenport, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Davenport, Iowa, United States
placeOfDeath Conroe, Texas, United States ⓘ
playedCollegeSport basketball ⓘ
position head coach ⓘ
reputation turnaround specialist ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
teamCoached Boston Celtics ⓘ
Cleveland Cavaliers ⓘ
Houston Rockets ⓘ
Los Angeles Clippers ⓘ
Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey Nets

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1980–81 NBA season → CelticsCoach → Bill Fitch ⓘ
1981 NBA Finals → coachChampion → Bill Fitch ⓘ