Chuck Daly
Daly in 2006
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
July 20, 1930 St. Marys, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 9, 2009 (aged 78) Jupiter, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Kane (Kane, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Bloomsburg (1950–1952) |
| Coaching career | 1955–1999 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1955–1963 | Punxsutawney HS |
| 1963–1969 | Duke (assistant) |
| 1969–1971 | Boston College |
| 1971–1977 | Penn |
| 1978–1981 | Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) |
| 1981–1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1983–1992 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1992–1994 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1997–1999 | Orlando Magic |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships in 1989 and 1990, and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Daly is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, being inducted in 1994 for his individual coaching career, and in 2010 was posthumously inducted as the head coach of the "Dream Team". The Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is named after him.
Born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, to Earl and Geraldine Daly on July 20, 1930, Daly attended Kane Area High School in nearby Kane. He matriculated at St. Bonaventure University for one year before transferring to Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1952. After serving two years in the military, he began his basketball coaching career in 1955 at Punxsutawney Area High School in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
After compiling a 111–70 record in eight seasons at Punxsutawney High School, Daly moved on to the college level in 1963 as an assistant coach under Vic Bubas at Duke University. During his six seasons at Duke, the Blue Devils won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and advanced to the Final Four, both in 1964 and 1966. Daly then replaced Bob Cousy as head coach at Boston College in 1969. The Eagles recorded an 11–13 record in Daly's first year at the school, and improved to 15–11 in 1971.
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