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.
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.
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