Boston.com · May 27, 2018
Brad Stevens’ old Butler boss talks Celtics and working with Walter McCarty
Todd Lickliter as Butler coach in 2003.Todd Lickliter had a front-row seat to watch the development of Celtics head coach Brad Stevens. Now, he’ll have another one watching the debut of Walter McCarty leading a college program.
Lickliter, who’s helmed three college programs in the last 18 years, has crossed paths with multiple Boston favorites. Coaching Butler from 2001-2007, he helped Stevens grow as a young assistant. And in 2018, he’s an assistant on McCarty’s first-year staff at Evansville.
“From my perspective, there’s no way I’d be where I am without him,” Stevens said of Lickliter after he was hired by the Celtics in 2013.