Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is an annual award given by theNational Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA) to a longtimeNBA coach's life in basketball and his "standard of integrity, competitive excellence and tireless promotion" of the game.^[1] The inaugural award winner wasTom Heinsohn.^[2] The award is named after former NBA head coachChuck Daly.^[1][2]

Season	Coach	Nationality	Teams coached
2008–09	Tom Heinsohn[2]	United States	Boston Celtics (1969–1978)
2009–10	Jack Ramsay[3]		Philadelphia 76ers (1968–1972) Buffalo Braves (1972–1976) Portland Trail Blazers (1976–1986) Indiana Pacers (1986–1988)
	Tex Winter[3]		Houston Rockets (1971–1973) Chicago Bulls (1985–1999) (assistant coach) Los Angeles Lakers (1999–2008) (assistant coach)
2010–11	Lenny Wilkens[4]		Seattle SuperSonics (1969–1972; 1977–1986) Portland Trail Blazers (1974–1976) Cleveland Cavaliers (1986–1993) Atlanta Hawks (1993–2000) Toronto Raptors (2000–2003) New York Knicks (2004–2005)
2011–12	Pat Riley[5]		Los Angeles Lakers (1981–1990) New York Knicks (1991–1995) Miami Heat (1995–2003; 2005–2008)
2012–13	Bill Fitch[6]		Cleveland Cavaliers (1970–1979) Boston Celtics (1980–1983) Houston Rockets (1983–1988) New Jersey Nets (1989–1992) Los Angeles Clippers (1994–1998)
2013–14	Bernie Bickerstaff[7]		Seattle SuperSonics (1985–1989; 1989–1990) Denver Nuggets (1995–1996) Washington Bullets/Wizards (1997–1999) Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2007) Los Angeles Lakers (2012)
2014–15	Dick Motta[8]		Chicago Bulls (1968–1976) Washington Bullets (1976–1980) Dallas Mavericks (1980–1987; 1994–1996) Sacramento Kings (1990–1991) Denver Nuggets (1996–1997)
2015–16	K.C. Jones[9]		Capital/Washington Bullets (1973–1976) Boston Celtics (1983–1988) Seattle SuperSonics (1990–1992)
	Jerry Sloan[9]		Chicago Bulls (1979–1982) Utah Jazz (1988–2011)
2016–17	Al Attles[10]		Golden State Warriors (1969–1983)
	Hubie Brown[10]		Kentucky Colonels (1974–1976) Atlanta Hawks (1976–1981) New York Knicks (1982–1987) Memphis Grizzlies (2002–2005)
2017–18	Doug Moe[11]		San Antonio Spurs (1976–1980) Denver Nuggets (1980–1991) Philadelphia 76ers (1992–1993)
2018–19	Frank Layden[12]		Utah Jazz (1981–1989)
2019–20	Del Harris[13]		Houston Rockets (1979–1983) Milwaukee Bucks (1987–1991) Los Angeles Lakers (1994–1999)
2020–21	Larry Brown[14]		San Antonio Spurs (1988–1992) Los Angeles Clippers (1992–1993) Indiana Pacers (1993–1997) Philadelphia 76ers (1997–2003) Detroit Pistons (2003–2005) New York Knicks (2005–2006) Charlotte Bobcats (2008–2010)
2021–22	Mike Fratello[15]		Atlanta Hawks (1983–1990) Cleveland Cavaliers (1993–1999) Memphis Grizzlies (2004–2006)
2022–23	Rick Adelman[16]		Portland Trail Blazers (1989–1994) Golden State Warriors (1995–1997) Sacramento Kings (1999–2006) Houston Rockets (2007–2011) Minnesota Timberwolves (2011–2014)
2023–24	Rudy Tomjanovich[17]		Houston Rockets (1992–2003) Los Angeles Lakers (2004–2005)
2024–25	Don Nelson[18]		Milwaukee Bucks (1976–1988) Golden State Warriors (1988–1995; 2006–2010) New York Knicks (1995–1996) Dallas Mavericks (1997–2005)

• Jack Ramsay,Bill Fitch,Pat Riley,Jerry Sloan,Tex Winter,Hubie Brown,Rudy Tomjanovich andDon Nelson were inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches.^[19] Ramsey was also inducted into theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.^[20]
• Tom Heinsohn andLenny Wilkens were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as players and coaches.^[21][22][23] They were also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as players.^[24][25]
• K. C. Jones was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.^[26] He also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.^[27]
• Five of these winners were namedTop 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996: Bill Fitch, Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, Jack Ramsay and Don Nelson.^[28]
• Seven of these winners were namedTop 15 Coaches in NBA History in 2022: Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, Jack Ramsay, Jerry Sloan, K. C. Jones, Larry Brown and Don Nelson.^[29]
• None of the awards were posthumous, but since receiving the award, Heinsohn, Ramsay, Winter, Fitch, Jones, Sloan, Attles, Layden, and Wilkens have died.

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