First Black NBA Coach (jan 1, 1966 – jan 1, 1967)

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Bill Russel
Three sentence description:
Bill was the first NBA black head coach. He was a great player but, many people don’t know that he was also a coach. Bill wasn’t only a coach too. He was a coach-player, so he was not only the first black NBA head coach, but he was still playing on the team too.
Lasting effect
Bill lead the path for so many great head coaches in the NBA, by showing everyone that you can be great no matter what situation you get put in.

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