KC Jones, who coached the Sonics from 1990 to 1992, is dead at 88. He is pictured with Bill Russell (Jones is on the right), above, with whom he shares many parallels. The two played together at the University Of San Francisco, where they won back to back NCAA titles in the mid 50s.
Jones and Russell would play for the US Men's Basketball team that won a gold medal in the '56 Olympics in Melbourne, after which they would become teammates on the Boston Celtics in one of sports greatest dynasties. The team would win eight straight titles. While Jones retired in 1966, Russell would become player-coach for the Celtics, leading them to a title. Jones would later coach the team, and lead it to two NBA titles.
Seemingly by coincidence, both were at different times, head coaches for the Seattle Super Sonics. Russell coached the team from 1973 to 1977. Bill, thankfully, is still with us.
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