“I’m 64 with kids, grandkids. And I’m not like a lot …
“I’m 64 with kids, grandkids. And I’m not like a lot of the other coaches. A lot of the other coaches, when they get fired, they’re off a year or two years.
I’ve never had that. I’ve [coached] for basically 26 straight years. So that’s what I was thinking: ‘Man, when am I going to start enjoying things?
’ I still want to be in the game and do something. I don’t even know where that goes. But I just thought it was time.
This was my decision. It was 100 percent my decision. ” Rivers ranks sixth all-time in career coaching victories (1,194).
The 2000 NBA Coach of the Year led the Celtics to a championship in 2008 and an NBA Finals appearance in 2010. He was named one of the 15 greatest coaches in NBA history in 2022 by a panel of 43 current and former NBA head coaches in collaboration with the National Basketball Coaches Association. He has amassed 114 NBA playoff wins, fourth-most all-time.