On this day: Chris Ford fired; Todd Mundt, Dave Popson born

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics fired their head coach Chris Ford in 1995. Ford had been with the team first as a player and later as part of the coaching staff since 1978, when he was traded from the Detroit Pistons as a player for Earl Tatum.

He would play for the Celtics for four seasons before retiring and returning to the franchise as an assistant coach in 1983. He would be elevated to the role of head coach in 1990, replacing then-head coach Jimmy Rodgers after a first-round playoff exit the season prior. Ford would amass a 222-188 regular-season record and a 13-16 postseason record with Boston.

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Good for .541 and .448 winning percentages, respectively.

It is also the birthday of former Celtic big man Todd Mundt, born in 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa.

A 7-foot center who went undrafted out of Memphis, Mundt played a stint with the Atlanta Hawks before turning a 10-day contract with Boston into a rest-of-season deal in 1996.

He would play just nine games with the Celtics, over which he would average 0.7 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0.1 assists per game over that stretch.

Ex-Celtic center Dave Popson was also born today in 1964 in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

A 6-foot-10 big man who played his NCAA basketball with North Carolina, Popson was picked up with the 88th overall pick of the 1987 NBA draft (there were several more rounds in this era than there are today).