Chuck Daly

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Chuck Daly was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships and coaching the original "Dream Team" to Olympic gold in 1992.


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instanceOf basketball coach
human
almaMater Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
awardReceived NBA Coach of the Year
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
championshipWonAsCoach 1988–89 NBA championship
1989–90 NBA championship
coachedNotablePlayers Bill Laimbeer
Dennis Rodman
Isiah Thomas
Joe Dumars
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
coachingCareerStart 1950s
collegeTeamCoached Boston College Eagles men's basketball
Pennsylvania Quakers men's basketball
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-07-20
dateOfDeath 2009-05-09
familyName Daly
fullName Charles Jerome Daly
givenName Charles
hallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1994
hasChild Cydney Daly
height approximately 6 ft 1 in
jerseyHonor Detroit Pistons retired his name in the rafters
leagueCoachedIn National Basketball Association
nationalTeamCoached United States men's national basketball team
NBACoachOfTheYearSeason 1989–90
NBAHeadCoachingDebutTeam Cleveland Cavaliers
nickname Daddy Rich
notableAchievement Head coach of the 1992 United States Olympic 'Dream Team'
Head coach of the Detroit Pistons back-to-back NBA championship teams
occupation basketball coach
basketball player
OlympicGoldMedalAsCoach 1992 Summer Olympics men's basketball
placeOfBirth St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Jupiter, Florida, United States
playedCollegeBasketballFor Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Terry Daly
styleOfPlayCoached physical defensive style
teamCoached Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
New Jersey Nets
Orlando Magic


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