Personal Life
Ainge and his wife, Michelle, currently reside in Wellesley, Massachusetts; they have six children (Ashley, Austin, Tanner, Taylor, Cooper and Crew). His son, Austin Ainge, was the Head Coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA's Development League until recently being named director of player personnel for the Boston Celtics organization and like his father, played basketball at BYU. He was an Honorable Mention at the All-Mountain West Conference during the 2004–05 and the 2006–07 seasons as a sophomore and a senior. Austin was an assistant men's basketball coach at Southern Utah University in the 2007 season, alongside Roger Reid. Ainge's nephew, Erik Ainge, was the starting quarterback on the football team at the University of Tennessee and was selected by the New York Jets in the 5th round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Another nephew, Landon Ainge, was a back-up point guard on Lake Oswego High School's Oregon state championship basketball team alongside 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award winner, UCLA standout and current NBA player Kevin Love. A third nephew, Ryan Toolson, was a stand-out guard at Utah Valley University, where he was named last season's NCAA Division I Independent Player of the Year after averaging eighth in the nation in points per game with 23.4. Ainge and his family are active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Danny Ainge awoke sick on April 15, 2009 and missed a Boston Celtics game. It was discovered later he had suffered a mild heart attack.
His brother, Doug Ainge, is a teacher and coach who was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for state representative in Oregon's House District 30.
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