Saturday, May 09, 2009

R.I.P.: Chuck Daly

The basketball world and the Detroit Pistons organization were dealt another blow with the death of Hall of Fame Coach Chuck Daly. He was 78 and had been battling prostate cancer for awhile. Earlier this season the Pistons lost longtime owner William Davidson who was responsible for hiring Daly.
The Hall of Fame coach led the Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships in Detroit.
Daly was voted one of the 10 greatest coaches of the NBA’s first half-century in 1996, two years after being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the first coach to win both NBA and Olympic titles.
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1 Comments:

Anonymous coffee fan said...

Chuck Daly was as the center of the Dream Team glory days, he was a fighter and thus the perfect NBA coach

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