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Siblings Ime and Mfon Udoka inspire each other through basketball careers

Houston Rockets coach ‘idolized’ his older sister, now the women’s basketball coach at Beacon College (Fla.)

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Coach Ime Udoka returns to Boston with a rebuilt Houston Rockets team

Former Celtics coach and players reflect on his progress after his suspension and dismissal in 2023

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Brooklyn Nets’ hire of Jacque Vaughn historic for the NBA

There’s high praise for the promotion of Vaughn, who gives the league a record 16 Black head coaches

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Add another chapter to the Brooklyn Nets’ history of missteps

The Nets have a long history of head-scratching moves that precede loose cannon guard Kyrie Irving and their coaching carousel

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Robert Sarver and Ime Udoka are cases of clarity and confusion

The reporting of the Suns owner’s disgrace has been thorough and necessary. The handling of the Celtics coach’s suspension has produced a haze of uncertainty.

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Ime Udoka brought not only ‘Coach of the Year stuff’ to Celtics, but representation

In his first season in Boston, Udoka — the NBA’s first head coach of African descent — has his players buying in

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Jaylen Brown on why it’s important for the Celtics and NBA to hire African American head coaches

‘Whether it was because they were just trying to shut us up, or because they actually believed it was the right thing to do, it don’t matter to me. That representation is important.’

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New Celtics head coach Ime Udoka’s path from Nigeria to Boston

Udoka is the first head coach of African origin in league history

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The Fizdale list: 10 black assistant coaches who could become NBA head coaches

‘I don’t think a team would go wrong with any of these guys’