Celtics suspend coach Ime Udoka for entire 2022-23 season over 'violations of team policies' - CBS Sports

Sep 23, 2022

The Boston Celtics have suspended coach Ime Udoka for the entire 2022-23 season over "violations of team policies," the franchise announced Thursday.

Udoka's suspension begin effective immediately, and Celtics will make a decision about his future beyond this season at a later date.

The Celtics' press release announcing Udoka's suspension did not contain any insight as to who will take over the team.

The Celtics started 23-24 under Udoka but dominated the remainder of the regular season by winning 28 of their last 35 games

Prior to joining the Celtics, Udoka was an assistant coach for nine seasons spending seven Gregg Popovich's San Antonio Spurs staff before one-year stints with Brett Brown on the Philadelphia 76ers and Steve Nash on the Brooklyn Nets. 

Mazzulla was an assistant coach under both Udoka and Stevens, having been hired by then-president Danny Ainge in 2019

In 2013-14, Mazzulla started his coaching career as an assistant at Fairmont State