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Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly (born July 20, 1930 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania) was an American basketball head coach. He 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 fourteen-year NBA career, Daly has also coached the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets and Orlando Magic. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on May 9, 1994.

Coaching career

Daly grew up in the Pittsburgh-area town of Kane, Pennsylvania, where he attended St. Callistus Catholic School. He played college basketball at St. Bonaventure University (1948-49) and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (1949-52). Daly's coaching career began at the high school level, where he coached Punxsutawney (Pa.) High to a 111-70 (.613) record from 1955-63.

Daly then entered the college ranks, serving as an assistant at Duke University (1963-69), and then as a head coach at Boston College (1969-71) and Penn (1971-77). At Penn, he led the Quakers to four consecutive Ivy League titles, and NCAA tournament appearances, from 1972 to 1975. Altogether, Daly went 151-62 (.709) as a collegiate head coach. He entered the NBA in 1978 with the Philadelphia 76ers, serving as an assistant under Billy Cunningham
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Coaching highlights

  • Led Detroit to nine consecutive winning seasons. Previously, Detroit had never had two winning seasons in a row.
  • Is Detroit's winningest coach in both regular-season (467 wins) and playoff (71 wins) competition. The Pistons have retired jersey number 2 (representing the two NBA championships) in Daly's honor.
  • Coached a total of 14 NBA seasons with a 638-437 (.593) career record and 75-51 (.595) career playoff record.
  • Coached the Eastern Conference team in the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, winning 130-113.
  • Selected as one of the NBA's "Ten Greatest Coaches" of the league's first 50 years, in 1997.
In the NBA, Daly gained the nickname of "Daddy Rich" for his custom of wearing fine suits on the sidelines.

NBA coaching record

(''^ Won NBA championship.)

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