Tom Heinsohn

Thomas William Heinsohn ( born August 26, 1934 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American former basketball player and coach. In the NBA he won with the Boston Celtics eight championships as a player and two more as a coach. In 1986, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Heinsohn played in the NCAA for the Holy Cross Crusaders, at that time one of the best college teams, for which Bob Cousy had played. He was in the 1956 Draft selected by the Boston Celtics as a territorial pick, in the same year in which Bill Russell joined the Celtics from college. Heinsohn was elected after his first season as a Rookie of the Year and All-Star team in the Eastern Conference and won with the Celtics the first championship. Although the Celtics lost in the following season in the play- offs against the St. Louis Hawks, but won Heinsohn in the next seven years with the Celtics every time the NBA championship. In three seasons (1959 /60 to 1961/62 ) he was the best scorer of the Celtics, he also has four times the All- NBA Second Team ( 1960-1964 ) and after 1957 a further five times as a participant of the NBA All- Star Games (1961 -1965 ) was chosen. He distinguished himself above all by a constant pitch, for which he received by his fellow players nicknamed " Tommy Gun". From 1958 to 1965, Heinsohn President of the National Basketball Players Association.

For the first time head coach of the Celtics was Heinsohn 1969, after the big stars of the team had finished their careers. Although the Celtics this season had a negative balance of victories, but they increased them from year to year and finally had in the 1972/73 season, the best record in the league, what Heinsohn was honored as best coach of the year in the NBA. The championship he won with Boston in 1974 and 1976. After the start of the season 1977/78 with only 11 wins from 34 games, he resigned.

Since 1981 he works as a television commentator and analyst at the Celtics games for Fox Sports. Heinsohn is known for its tommy points, which he assigns to players who have his opinion, shown in a game scene special use.