{"id":54784,"date":"2025-08-08T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/54784\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:24:08","slug":"joe-mazzulla-celtics-agree-to-contract-extension-ahead-of-2025-26-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/54784\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mazzulla, Celtics Agree to Contract Extension Ahead of 2025-26 NBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Having led the Boston Celtics to the most wins in the regular season over the past three seasons and an NBA title during the 2023-24 campaign, head coach Joe Mazzulla has received a new contract from the club. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Celtics <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/celtics\/news\/080825-celtics-sign-head-coach-joe-mazzulla-to-multi-year-contract-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">announced<\/a> on Friday they have signed Mazzulla to a multiyear extension. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;This is truly a blessing,&#8221; Mazzulla said in a statement announcing the deal. &#8220;I would not be here without my faith, my wife, and my children. We are thankful for the partnership with our ownership groups, Brad\u2019s mentorship, and the support of our staff. Most importantly, I am grateful for the players I have been able to coach the past three seasons. I look forward to competing for the Celtics and the city of Boston.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens also included a statement about extending the club&#8217;s partnership with Mazzulla:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;We are very excited that Joe has agreed to extend with the Celtics. He understands the job and has a passion for the Celtics that is only rivaled by our most die-hard fans. He\u2019s worked hard and accomplished amazing things in his first three years as a head coach \u2013 including averaging over 60 wins per season and winning the 2024 NBA Championship.\u00a0Joe is a gifted leader who brings a consistent commitment to learning, improving, and maximizing each day we get to compete for the Boston Celtics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">For more from Bleacher Report on this topic and from around the sports world, check out our\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/br.app.link\/RmoyZixP3xb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">B\/R app<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bleacherreport.com\/?utm_source=webdva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">homepage<\/a>\u00a0and social feeds\u2014including\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bleacherreport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bleacherreport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bleacherreport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having led the Boston Celtics to the most wins in the regular season over the past three seasons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-54784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}