Kane's Chuck Daly has Died

Legendary NBA Coach Chuck Daly died this morning in Florida after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was 78.

Daly coached the first Dream Team to Olympic Gold in 1992 after leading the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back NBA championshiops.

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 an NBA title and Olympic gold.

Daly was born in St. Marys, and grew up in Kane. He played college basketball at St. Bonaventure and Bloomsburg State universities. He coached eight seasons at Punxsutawney High School.

Daly is survived by his wife, Terry, as well as daughter Cydney and grandchildren Sebrina and Connor.

For more on this story, go to the Detroit Free Press.

Comments

Attract Prosperity said…
The Pistons were one of my favorite teams during their Bad Boy years. Isaiah and Joe Dumars vs Magic and Byron Scott. Rodman, Mahorn, and Laimbeer vs Rambis, Big Game James, and Kareem. And Riley vs Daly. Classic. The Pistons personified the gritty, no-nonsense nature of their coach. He will be sorely missed.

Ryan
May 9, 2009 at 10:40 AM
coffee fan said…
Chuck Daly's numbers demonstrate what a savvy coach he was, RIP Chuck
May 25, 2009 at 5:23 PM
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