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New coaches never have it easy. (NBA/Insider).(basketball coaches Doug Collins, John Lucas, Maurice Cheeks, Rick Carlisle)

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Dave Cowens remembers his first stint as a coach, vaguely. Back in 1978-79, when he still was playing with Boston during the hardscrabble years in which John Y. Brown owned the team, the Celtics had the capital idea of making Cowens a coach. Cowens recalls that he was a bit unprepared, leading the Celtics to a 27-41 record after replacing Tom Sanders early that season.

"I had no idea what I was doing," he says. "That might have been be the most unique situation for a coach to ever come into. I knew nothing. Zero. I was terrible, and we played terrible."

There are four new coaches in the NBA this season: Doug Collins has taken over in Washington, John ...

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