Brad Stevens’ path to becoming head coach of the Boston Celtics has been one of a kind. In a span of little over a decade, he went from a “volunteer” for Butler University’s men’s basketball team — which could have involved doing the players’ dirty laundry, for all we know — to manning the sidelines for the most storied franchise in NBA history.
Stevens very first job once he graduated from DePaul University in 1999 (with an economics degree) was working for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly as a marketing associate.
His first job in “coaching” would come two years later, when he joined Butler, officially under the title of a “paid volunteer” (aka laundry boy).