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Hall of Fame basketball coach Chuck Daly, who guided the Detroit Pistons to a pair of NBA titles and was the head coach of the original "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics, died Saturday morning. He was 78 years old.
Daly, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February, died at his home in Jupiter, Florida.

"The Daly family and the entire Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports and Entertainment family is mourning the loss of Chuck Daly," family spokesman and Pistons Vice President of Public Relations Matt Dobek said. "Chuck left a lasting impression with everyone he met, both personally and professionally, and his spirit will live with all of us forever."

Daly's Pistons won to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. In the summer of '92, he was at the helm of possibly the greatest collection of basketball talent ever assembled when a team led by Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson won Olympic gold at the Barcelona Olympics.

In nine seasons with the Pistons from 1983-92, Daly left his mark as the winningest coach in franchise history with a record of 467-271. The team reached the playoffs in each of his nine seasons.

Daly's first stop in the NBA was with Cleveland, where he lasted all 41 games in the 1981-82 season. The Cavaliers were just 9-32 when he was fired.

However, after his successful run with Detroit, Daly also coached the New Jersey Nets and Orlando Magic. The Nets were 88-73 and reached the playoffs in both of Daly's seasons with the team, while the Magic tied for the division title in his second and last season with the club.

Overall, Daly finished with an NBA coaching record of 638-437 in 14 seasons with 12 playoff appearances.

Daly was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994.

Prior to his pro coaching career, Daly spent eight seasons at the collegiate level with Boston College and Pennsylvania. After two years at BC, Daly went to Penn for the 1971-72 season.

The Quakers were 25-3 in Daly's first year, won the Ivy League title and reached the regional final of the NCAA Tournament before losing to North Carolina. Penn won four Ivy League crowns in Daly's six seasons and had a record of 125-38.

A graduate of Bloomsburg University in his native Pennsylvania, Daly began his coaching career at Punxsutawney High School. He was an assistant at Duke for seven seasons and was also an assistant in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers under Billy Cunningham.

Daly is survived by his wife, Terry, a daughter and two grandchildren
 

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rip chuck,

great coach, did alot for this league! will be missed!
 
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Former Pistons coach Daly dead at 78

DETROIT (AP) - Chuck Daly, who coached the original Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 78.


He died Saturday morning in Jupiter, Fla., with his family by his side, the team said.The Pistons announced in March that the Hall of Fame coach had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.
He was renowned for his ability to create harmony out of diverse personalities at all levels of the game, whether they were Ivy Leaguers at Pennsylvania, Dream Teamers Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, or Pistons as dissimilar as Dennis Rodman and Joe Dumars.
"It's a players' league. They allow you to coach them or they don't," Daly once said. "Once they stop allowing you to coach, you're on your way out." 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.


"I think Chuck understood people as well as basketball," former Pistons guard Joe Dumars told The Associated Press in 1995. "It's a people business."
Daly did famously at the Barcelona Games with NBA superstars such as Magic Johnson, Jordan, Larry Bird and Barkley, using a different lineup in every game.
"I played against Chuck's teams throughout the NBA for a lot of years. He always had his team prepared, he's a fine coach," Bird said shortly after Daly's diagnosis became public. "Chuck did a good job of keeping us together," Bird said. "It wasn't about who scored the most points, it was about one thing: winning the gold medal."


Daly humbled the NBA superstars by coaching a group of college players to victory in a controlled scrimmage weeks before the Olympics.
"I was the happiest man in the gym," Daly said afterward.
Daly also made the right moves for the Pistons, who were notorious for their physical play with Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn leading the fight, Dennis Rodman making headlines and Hall of Fame guards Isiah Thomas and Dumars lifting the team to titles in 1989 and 1990.
Former Piston John Salley gave Daly the nickname Daddy Rich for his impeccably tailored suits. Daly had a career regular-season record of 638-437 in 13 NBA seasons. In 12 playoff appearances, his teams went 75-51. He left Detroit as the Pistons' leader in regular-season and playoff victories.


"The Daly family and the entire Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports and Entertainment family is mourning the loss of Chuck Daly," family and team spokesman Matt Dobek said. "Chuck left a lasting impression with everyone he met both personally and professionally and his spirit will live with all of us forever."
Despite his success, Daly wasn't part of a Coach of the Year presentation until he handed the trophy to then-Detroit coach Rick Carlisle in 2002.
"This is as close as I've ever been to that thing," Daly said, looking at the Red Auerbach Trophy.
Born July 20, 1930 in St. Mary's, Pa., Charles Jerome Daly played college ball at St. Bonaventure and Bloomsburg. After two years in the military, he coached for eight seasons at Punxsutawney (Pa.) High School and then spent six years as an assistant at Duke. Succeeding Bob Cousy as coach at Boston College, Daly coached the Eagles to a 26-24 record over two seasons and then spent seven seasons at Pennsylvania, leading the Quakers to the Ivy League championship in 1972-75.


Daly joined the NBA coaching ranks in 1978 as an assistant under Billy Cunningham in Philadelphia. His first head coaching job was with Cleveland, but he was fired after the Cavaliers went 9-32 over the first half of the 1981-82 season.
In 1983, Daly took over a Detroit team that had never had two straight winning seasons and led the Pistons to nine straight. He persuaded the likes of Rodman, Thomas, Dumars, Mahorn and Laimbeer and to play as a unit and they responded with back-to-back championships in 1989 and 1990.
Far from being intimidated by the Pistons' Bad Boys image, Daly saw the upside of it.
"I've also had players who did not care," he said a decade later. "I'd rather have a challenging team."
After leaving Detroit, Daly took over the New Jersey Nets for two seasons and led them to the playoffs both times. He left broadcasting to return to the bench 1997 with the Orlando Magic and won 74 games over two seasons, then retired at the age of 68 because he said he was weary of the travel.


Daly joined the Vancouver Grizzlies as a senior adviser in 2000.
In retirement, he split time between residences in Jupiter, Fla., and suburban Detroit.
The Pistons retired No. 2 to honor their former coach's two NBA titles in January 1997.
"Without you, there wouldn't be us," Mahorn said to Daly during the ceremony. Daly is survived by his wife, Terry, as well as daughter Cydney and grandchildren Sebrina and Connor.
 

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Chuck Daly - A Class Act and one Fine Coach -

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A winner on a basketball court and more importantly in life for 78 years..

Chuck is famous for coaching the Detroit Pistons for nine years, winning consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, and for coaching the gold medal-winning basketball Dream Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. During his 14-year NBA career, Daly also coached the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets and Orlando Magic. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on May 9, 1994.



RIP Chuck Daly.
 

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He created a style that coaches follow..the first guy to coach in designer threads..all the dapper looking coaches owe their style to Chuck..
 

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sorry to hear that....guy was a solid coach...

always had the "great hair" and fancy suits.......he was good
 

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For some reason my NBA memories that have always stood out the most was Chuck Daly standing on the Detroit Pistons sideline coaching the likes of Isahia Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, John Salley, The Microwave Vinnie Johnson, Adrian Dantley, Rick Mahorn & others......
 

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Was truly a great coach...remember watching his teams come in and play the bulls..was a great coach
 

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For some reason my NBA memories that have always stood out the most was Chuck Daly standing on the Detroit Pistons sideline coaching the likes of Isahia Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, John Salley, The Microwave Vinnie Johnson, Adrian Dantley, Rick Mahorn & others......

Took one hell of a coach to take those personalities and make a back to back Champion out of them.... That cast would have likely not have performed as well under nearly any other coach.....

And those Piston clubs beat some of the greatest teams in NBA history on their way to claiming those titles (Bird's Celtics, Magic's Lakers, Jordan's Bulls, ect..)

RIP Chuck Daly
 

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Back when I was a kid....I was a caddie at Red Run Golf Course here....he had only been with the Pistons for about a year....I got the pleasure to caddie for him.....super nice guy....that was back in 85....i was 15 years old....Was a great coach too.....helped put the Pistons on the map back in late 80's and early 90's.....he WILL be missed!

Gasm~
 

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