Chuck Daly

Chuck Daly
	Daly in 2006
Personal information
Born	July 20, 1930; Kane, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 9, 2009 (aged 78); Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
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
	As head coach: 2× NBA champion (1989, 1990); NBA All-Star Game head coach (1990); Top 10 Coaches in NBA History; Top 15 Coaches in NBA History; No. 2 retired by Detroit Pistons; 4× Ivy League champion (1971–1974); 5× Big 5 champion (1971–1974, 1977); As assistant coach: 3× NCAA final Four Appearances (1963, 1964, 1966); 3× ACC Tournament champion (1963, 1964, 1966); 4× ACC Regular Season champion (1963–1966);
Career coaching record
NBA	638–437 (.593)
College	151–62 (.709)
	Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
	FIBA Hall of Fame as coach
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2006
Head Coach for United States
Olympic Games

Charles Jerome Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1989 and 1990—during the team's "Bad Boys" era—and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

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Daly is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, being inducted in 1994 for his individual coaching career,[2] and in 2010 was posthumously inducted as the head coach of the "Dream Team".[3] The Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is named after him.[4]

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