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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
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Steve Hewitt

Why Joe Mazzulla, molded by West Virginia, was destined to become Celtics’ head coach

Joe Mazzulla’s path to head coach of the Celtics was 15 years in the making, and it could have been seen coming from Morgantown, West Virginia.

The year is 2007. Mazzulla, then a sophomore point guard at West Virginia, was part of a Mountaineers program going through change. John Beilein left to become the head coach at Michigan, and WVU hired Bob Huggins to replace him.

Early on that preseason, Huggins needed some help from his players – and he enlisted Mazzulla to do so.

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