Chuck Daly

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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 14-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.

[edit] Coaching career

Daly grew up in Kane, Pennsylvania, a small town about two hours southeast of Erie, 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. He led the Penn Quakers to two consecutive NCAA East Regional finals in 1971 and 1972, compiling an undefeated record in the 1970-1971 regular season. 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.

[edit] Coaching highlights

• John Salley gave Daly the nickname "Daddy Rich" for his custom of wearing fine suits on the sidelines.
• Coached the Pistons for nine seasons, making the playoffs in each season.
• Under Daly, the Pistons achieved winning records every season.
• The Pistons won 50 or more games for five consecutive seasons under Daly.
• Daly is Detroit's winningest coach in both regular-season (467 wins) and playoff (71 wins) competition.
• 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.
• The Pistons have retired jersey number 2 (representing the two NBA championships) in Daly's honor.
• Selected as one of the NBA's "Ten Greatest Coaches" of the league's first 50 years, in 1997.

Year	Team	Season Record	Playoff record
1981-82	Cleveland	9-32	None
1983-84	Detroit	49-33	2-3
1984-85	Detroit	46-36	5-4
1985-86	Detroit	46-36	1-3
1986-87	Detroit	52-30	10-5
1987-88	Detroit	54-28	14-9
1988-89	Detroit	63-19	15-2^
1989-90	Detroit	59-23	15-5^
1990-91	Detroit	50-32	7-8
1991-92	Detroit	48-34	2-3
1992-93	New Jersey	43-39	2-3
1993-94	New Jersey	45-37	2-3
1997-98	Orlando	41-41	None
1998-99	Orlando	33-17	1-3
Total	14 seasons	638-437	75-51

(^ Won NBA championship.)

[edit] External links

• DatabaseBasketball.com: Chuck Daly
• Chuck Daly Hall of Fame Page
• Detroit Pistons History: 1983-1986
• Chuck Daly Chat Transcript

Preceded by Bob Cousy	Boston College Eagles Head Basketball Coach 1969–1970	Succeeded by Bob Zuffelato
Preceded by Dick Harter	Penn Quakers Head Basketball Coach 1971–1976	Succeeded by Bob Weinhauer
Preceded by Bob Kloppenburg	Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach 1981–1982	Succeeded by Bill Musselman
Preceded by Scotty Robertson	Detroit Pistons Head Coach 1983–1992	Succeeded by Ron Rothstein
Preceded by Bill Fitch	New Jersey Nets Head Coach 1992–1994	Succeeded by Butch Beard
Preceded by Richie Adubato	Orlando Magic Head Coach 1997–1999	Succeeded by Doc Rivers

1992 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball – "Dream Team"
Charles Barkley | Larry Bird | Clyde Drexler | Patrick Ewing | Magic Johnson | Michael Jordan Christian Laettner | Karl Malone | Chris Mullin | Scottie Pippen | David Robinson | John Stockton
Coach: Chuck Daly