Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens instructed Jeff Goodman of The Discipline of 68 on Friday that he’s “not a candidate” for the lads’s basketball head coach place on the College of Indiana.
This information comes as present Hoosiers head coach Mike Woodson is ready to step down following the 2024-25 season.
“I completely respect being a Celtic and love the individuals I get to work with daily,” Stevens instructed the media community.
Boston Celtics’ Brad Stevens, An Indiana Native, Attended DePauw College In Greencastle, Indiana
Brad Stevens is a local of Indiana and attended DePauw College in Greencastle, Indiana. He then joined Butler College and finally grew to become the top coach of this system.
Stevens compiled an general file of 166-49 as the top coach of the Bulldogs whereas main this system to 5 NCAA Event appearances, three convention titles, and one journey to the NCAA Championship Sport.
BREAKING: Brad Stevens is NOT a candidate for the Indiana opening, sources instructed @TheFieldOf68 pic.twitter.com/34Wl3RselX
— The Discipline of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 14, 2025
Stevens was employed by the Celtics following the 2012-13 season. He then served because the Celtics head coach from 2013-14 to 2020-21 earlier than stepping down from the place to his present function.
Throughout his time with the NBA franchise, the Celtics have made the playoffs 10 occasions, reached the NBA Finals twice, and received the 2023-24 NBA Championship.
Indiana Mentioned Woodson Would Step Down After The Season
Final week, Indiana introduced that Woodson would step down on the finish of the season. The Hoosiers have a 15-11 file and are on the verge of their second consecutive season with out an NCAA Event look. Indiana ranked seventeenth within the AP preseason ballot.
“Throughout a gathering with Coach Woodson on Wednesday, he knowledgeable me he needed to step down as our program’s head coach on the finish of the present season,” Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson stated in a press release Friday.
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STATEMENT FROM VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS SCOTT DOLSON ON THE STATUS OF IU MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH MIKE WOODSON
Throughout a gathering with Coach Woodson on Wednesday, he knowledgeable me he needed to step down as our program’s head coach on the finish of the present…
— Contained in the Corridor (@insidethehall) February 7, 2025
“He stated it had been weighing on his thoughts for some time, and that it was an emotional and troublesome choice. We now have had subsequent considerate conversations about his choice and his want to make sure that this system is in the perfect place it may be shifting ahead. At an applicable time, Coach Woodson will articulate his emotions about his choice and his experiences these final 4 years.
“It’s clear to me from our discussions within the final a number of days that his No. 1 precedence is for the eye to be off him, and as a substitute targeted on uniting Hoosier Nation in help of our student-athletes, coaches, and, most significantly, this system. We nonetheless have a lot to play for this season as we put together for Saturday’s recreation in opposition to Michigan and the rest of the 2024-25 season, and we need to encourage Hoosier followers to rally across the program and help it in the identical optimistic means that Hoosier followers did throughout Mike’s All-America and Massive Ten MVP enjoying profession.”
Woodson Changed Archie Miller In 2021
Indiana reached the NCAA Event in every of Woodson’s first two seasons, together with a second-place Massive Ten end in 2023. The Hoosiers earned the No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event earlier than falling to eventual Remaining 4 contender Miami within the second spherical.
The Hoosiers went 21-14 in 2021-22, battling its means into the First 4 of the NCAA Event and beating Wyoming earlier than falling to Saint Mary’s within the First Spherical.
After an NBA profession that included 11 years as a participant and 25 years as a head coach and assistant coach, Woodson was employed by his alma mater in 2021 to interchange Archie Miller.
Miller was fired by Indiana on March 15, 2021. He completed his 4 seasons at Indiana with a 67-56 file, a 33-43 Massive Ten file, and no NCAA Event appearances.
