Former basketball coach Chuck Daly, who led the U.S. Dream Team to a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics, and the Detroit Pistons to two NBA championships, died today at the age of 78.
From Reuters:
The Hall of Fame coach had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February. He died in Jupiter, Florida, with his family at his side.
Daly coached the Pistons to NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. Two years later he directed the Dream Team led by Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley to the gold medal in Barcelona.
The team, which also included Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scott Pippen, David Robinson and John Stockton, is considered by many the greatest basketball team ever assembled.
Daly, affectionately nicknamed “Daddy Rich” by his Pistons players for his dapper suits, compiled a 638-437 record in 14 NBA seasons and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994.
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