Satch Sanders Biography

Satch Sanders played his collegiate basketball at New York University from 1957 to 1960 and joined the Boston Celtics as a first round pick in 1960. Sanders career is unique in that he played all 13 of his NBA seasons with the Celtics. During that span he helped the Celtics to an unprecedented eight NBA Championships and scored 8,766 points to go along with 5,798 rebounds and over 1,000 assists. In 1969 he earned NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors and was awarded the Haggerty Award in 1960. After retiring from the NBA he became the head basketball coach at Harvard University from 1973 to 1977 and then re-joined the Celtics as their head coach in 1978. After his official retirement from the game the Celtics honored his career by retiring his No. 16 jersey during a ceremony at the Boston Garden. In 2011 he was also honored with induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor. 

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