Former Boston Celtics forward and coach K.C. Jones died at the age of 88 on Friday, the team confirmed.
Jones won eight championships with Boston in nine seasons from 1958-67. He then won four titles as a coach, two as an assistant before leading Boston to the championship as head coach in 1984 and 1986. Jones, who passed at an assistant living facility in Connecticut where he had been treated for Alzheimer’s disease, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
"Where K.C. Jones went, winning was sure to follow," the Celtics said in a statement on Friday.