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| Born | (1930-07-20)July 20, 1930 Kane, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | May 9, 2009(2009-05-09) (aged 78) Jupiter, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | |||||||||||
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| High school | Kane (Kane, Pennsylvania) | |||||||||||
| College | Bloomsburg (1950–1952) | |||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1955–1999 | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
Coaching | ||||||||||||
| 1955–1963 | Punxsutawney HS | |||||||||||
| 1963–1969 | Duke (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Boston College | |||||||||||
| 1971–1977 | Penn | |||||||||||
| 1978–1981 | Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |||||||||||
| 1983–1992 | Detroit Pistons | |||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | New Jersey Nets | |||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Orlando Magic | |||||||||||
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As head coach:
As assistant coach:
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| Career coaching record | ||||||||||||
| NBA | 638–437 (.593) | |||||||||||
| College | 151–62 (.709) | |||||||||||
Record atBasketball Reference  | ||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||
| FIBA Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||
| Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||
Medals
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Charles Jerome Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an Americanbasketballhead coach. He led theDetroit Pistons to two consecutiveNational Basketball Association (NBA)championships in1989 and1990—during the team's "Bad Boys" era—and the1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
Daly is a two-timeNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, being inducted in 1994 for his individual coaching career,[2] and in 2010 was posthumously inducted as the head coach of the "Dream Team".[3] TheChuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is named after him.[4]
Born inKane, Pennsylvania, to Earl and Geraldine Daly on July 20, 1930, Daly attendedKane Area High School.[5] He matriculated atSt. Bonaventure University for one year before transferring toBloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, where hegraduated in 1952.[6] After serving two years in the military, he began his basketball coaching career in 1955 atPunxsutawney Area High School inPunxsutawney, Pennsylvania.[1]
After compiling a 111–70 record in eight seasons[6] at Punxsutawney High School, Daly moved on to the college level in 1963 as an assistant coach underVic Bubas atDuke University. During his six seasons at Duke, theBlue Devils won theAtlantic Coast Conference championship and advanced to theFinal Four, both in 1964 and 1966.[7] Daly then replacedBob Cousy as head coach atBoston College in 1969. TheEagles recorded an 11–13 record in Daly's first year at the school, and improved to 15–11 in 1971.[8]
Daly became the head coach at theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1971, succeedingDick Harter.Penn won 20 or more games and captured theIvy League title in each of its first four seasons with Daly at the helm.[9] The most successful campaign was his first in 1972, when the Quakers recorded a 25–3 record overall (13–1 in their conference), and advanced to the NCAA East Regional Final, eventually losing toNorth Carolina.[10] An additional significant success for Daly was in 1979, when all five starters on Pennsylvania's Final Four team had initially been recruited by Daly.[9] His overall record after six seasons at Penn was 125–38 (74–10 within the Ivy League).
In 1978, Daly joined the NBA'sPhiladelphia 76ers as an assistant coach. During the 1981 season, theCleveland Cavaliers hired him as the third head coach that season, but he was fired with a 9–32 record before the season ended.[11] He then returned to the 76ers as a broadcaster until he was hired in 1983 by theDetroit Pistons. The Pistons, a franchise that had not recorded back-to-back winning seasons since the mid-1950s, made the NBA playoffs each year Daly was head coach (1983–1992), and reached the NBA finals three times, winning two consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. While serving as the Pistons coach, Daly was also a color commentator forTBS's NBA Playoff coverage.
Daly was named head coach of theU.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics,[3] before moving his NBA career onto the New Jersey Nets for the 1992–93 season. Daly stayed with the Nets for two seasons, before resigning over frustration over the immaturity of some of the players on his team.[12]
Daly again took up a role as color commentator forTNT's NBA coverage during the mid-1990s. Daly rejected an offer to coach theNew York Knicks over the summer of 1995 after deciding he was not ready for the NBA coaching grind.[13] He would return to coaching with theOrlando Magic at the beginning of the 1997–98 season. Daly stayed two seasons with the Magic and then retired permanently.
Daly was diagnosed withpancreatic cancer in March 2009 and died on May 9, 2009, at the age of 78.[1] He is buried at Riverside Memorial Park inTequesta, Florida.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Boston College Eagles(NCAA University Division independent)(1969–1971) | |||||||||
| 1969–70 | Boston College | 11–13 | |||||||
| 1970–71 | Boston College | 15–11 | |||||||
| Boston College: | 26–24 | ||||||||
| Penn Quakers(Ivy League)(1971–1977) | |||||||||
| 1971–72 | Penn | 25–3 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA University Division Third Round | ||||
| 1972–73 | Penn | 21–7 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA University Division Third Round | ||||
| 1973–74 | Penn | 21–6 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1974–75 | Penn | 23–5 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1975–76 | Penn | 17–9 | 11–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1976–77 | Penn | 18–8 | 12–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Penn: | 125–38 | 74–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 151–62 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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| Cleveland | 1981–82 | 41 | 9 | 32 | .220 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Detroit | 1983–84 | 82 | 49 | 33 | .598 | 2nd inCentral | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost infirst round |
| Detroit | 1984–85 | 82 | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2nd in Central | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | Lost inConference semifinals |
| Detroit | 1985–86 | 82 | 46 | 36 | .561 | 3rd in Central | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost infirst round |
| Detroit | 1986–87 | 82 | 52 | 30 | .634 | 2nd in Central | 15 | 10 | 5 | .667 | Lost inConference finals |
| Detroit | 1987–88 | 82 | 54 | 28 | .659 | 1st in Central | 23 | 14 | 9 | .609 | Lost inNBA Finals |
| Detroit | 1988–89 | 82 | 63 | 19 | .768 | 1st in Central | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | WonNBA Championship |
| Detroit | 1989–90 | 82 | 59 | 23 | .720 | 1st in Central | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | WonNBA Championship |
| Detroit | 1990–91 | 82 | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2nd in Central | 15 | 7 | 8 | .467 | Lost inConference finals |
| Detroit | 1991–92 | 82 | 48 | 34 | .585 | 3rd in Central | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost infirst round |
| New Jersey | 1992–93 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 3rd inAtlantic | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost infirst round |
| New Jersey | 1993–94 | 82 | 45 | 37 | .549 | 3rd in Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost infirst round |
| Orlando | 1997–98 | 82 | 41 | 41 | .500 | 5th in Atlantic | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Orlando | 1998–99 | 50 | 33 | 17 | .660 | 1st in Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost infirst round |
| Career | 1,075 | 638 | 437 | .593 | 126 | 75 | 51 | .595 | |||
Daly played basketball at St. Bonaventure and at Bloomsburg (Pa.) State College ...
Born Charles Jerome Daly on July 20, 1930, in St. Mary's, Pa., he graduated from Kane Area High School...
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