Former Boston Celtics assistant coach Scott Morrison recently revealed part of his motivation for returning to the US after spending a season as head coach of Perth Wildcats, who play in Western Australia in the NBL. Speaking with Craig O’Donoghue of the West Australian, the former Celtics assistant shared that his son Max had been diagnosed with autism, and a dearth of local resources was a factor in his resignation from that role.
Paying $10,000 out of pocket for an MRI to be sure his son did not have a tumor on top of $700 per week on developmental and therapeutic treatments, the financial impact quickly mounted. In addition, Morrison needed to wait up to a year to visit the required speech pathologists, pediatricians, and psychologists to get the diagnosis he later was able to receive for Max in Canada in only four weeks.
“The morning after we did the press conference to say I was going to resign, I was feeling pretty down about it and I got a call from one of the places I had been calling to say they had an opening for Max in mid-July,” said Morrison. “I took that as a sign we did the right thing.”
“It gave me a little bit of hope things were going to be a little bit easier and it was going to be better,” he added. “It was kind of the break we needed.”
The former Celtics assistant and Maine Red Claws (now, Celtics) head coach is highly regarded in his trade and recently accepted the job of head coach of the Utah Jazz’ G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars.
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