Chris Ford — Wikipedia
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| Identity record | ||
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| Full Name | Christopher Joseph Ford | |
| Nationality |  UNITED STATES |
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| Birth | Atlantic City (New Jersey) |
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| Death | Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) |
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| Size | 1,96 m (6′ 5″) | |
| Weight | 86 kg (189 lb) | |
| Situation a club | ||
| Later | Back | |
| University or amateur career | ||
| 1969-1972 | Wildcats de Villanova | |
| NBA draft | ||
| Year | 1972 | |
| Position | 17 It is | |
| Franchise | Strait pistons | |
| Professional career * | ||
| Season | Club | Moy. pts |
| 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1979 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982 |
Strait pistons Strait pistons Strait pistons Strait pistons Strait pistons Strait pistons Strait pistons Celtics de Boston Celtics de Boston Celtics de Boston Celtics de Boston |
6.4 7.1 5.9 8.4 12.3 10.5 11.0 15.6 11.2 8.9 5.7 |
| Coach career | ||
| 1983-1990 1990-1995 1996-1998 1998-2000 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004 |
Celtics de Boston ( axis. ) Celtics de Boston Bucks the milwaukee Los Angeles Clippers Brandeis University 76ers of Philadelphia ( axis. ) 76ers of Philadelphia |
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| * Points scored in each club as part of the regular season of the national championship. | ||
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Christopher Joseph Ford ,, that Chris Ford (born the in Atlantic City in New Jersey and died [ first ] ), is a player and American basketball coach.
Chris Ford begins to play in the Holy Spirit High School In Absecon in New Jersey before continuing at Villanova University [ 2 ] .
He played ten seasons (1972-1982) in the NBA in the teams of the Pistons de Detroit and Celtics de Boston. THE , Chris Ford is credited with the first three -point basket from the NBA during the Celtics match against Houston’s Rockets at Boston Garden [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] . After being NBA champion in 1981 with the Celtics, he ended his player career with a total of 7,314 points.
For five years, he became assistant coach of K. C. Jones to the Boston Celtics and obtained two NBA champions titles in 1984 and 1986. He remains in Boston and became the assistant for two years of Jimmy Rodgers.
In 1990, he became the chief coach of the Boston Celtics, which he directed five years for a total of 410 games (222 victories – 188 losses) in the regular season and 29 games (13 wins – 16 losses) in the playoffs, With the best results of chess in the conference semi-final in 1991 (beaten by the Pistons de Detroit 4 to 2 [ 5 ] ) and in 1992 (beaten by Cleveland 4 to 3 horsemen [ 6 ] ). After a sabbatical year, he then left to train the Milwaukee Bucks where he failed two years in a row for the qualification in Playoffs. He then joined the Los Angeles clippers during the season for a catastrophic assessment of 9 victories for 41 defeats in the first year and 11 victories for 34 defeats before being dismissed.
For two years (2001-2003), he abandoned professional training to become a coach of Brandeis University (Division 3 NCAA).
He returned for a year 2003-2004 in the NBA to train the 76ers of Philadelphia.
- (in) ‘ Chris Ford, champ as player, coach with Celtics, dies at 74 » , on AP NEWS , (consulted the )
- (in) ‘ Assistant Ford promoted to replace Ayers » , on Sports.espn.go.com , (consulted the )
- Florent Benfaid, ‘ Death of Chris Ford (1949-2023), the author of the first 3-PTS basket in history in the NBA » , on basketusa.com , (consulted the )
- (in) ‘ Threes for the Memories » , on nba.com (consulted the )
- (in) ‘ 1990-91 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results » , on basketball- play (consulted the )
- (in) ‘ 1991-92 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results » , on basketball- play (consulted the )
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