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.

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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.

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Thomas, of course, played for Coach Daly in Detroit. And Massimino stole the show at Chuck's funeral with a touching, hilarious eulogy.
ByTimReynolds (Tim Reynolds) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:10:52 -0000
Thomas, of course, played for Coach Daly in Detroit. And Massimino stole the show at Chuck's funeral with a touching, hilarious eulogy.
Isiah vs. Rollie tonight. You know somehwere, Chuck Daly is enjoying this. He was very, very close with both men.
ByTimReynolds (Tim Reynolds) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:10:23 -0000
Isiah vs. Rollie tonight. You know somehwere, Chuck Daly is enjoying this. He was very, very close with both men.
@swallowsdaggers Alex McWatt, Cory Lenherr, Chuck Daly, Marco Hernandez & Adam Paterson.
AndyPTattooer (Andy Perez) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:52:15 -0000
@swallowsdaggers Alex McWatt, Cory Lenherr, Chuck Daly, Marco Hernandez & Adam Paterson.
@WhiteSoxCards ...and how much wink could a martin dale if the martin were Chuck Daly?
matthewglidden (Matthew Glidden) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:36:22 -0000
@WhiteSoxCards ...and how much wink could a martin dale if the martin were Chuck Daly?
RT @nmiko: I want hair like Chuck Daly.
JReel31 (Jeryl ) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:42:19 -0000
RT @nmiko: I want hair like Chuck Daly.
http://twitpic.com/nirgn - @dukeblueplanet contest entry (me & former duke asst. coach Chuck Daly at Cameron) GO DEVILS!!
davidhuey (David) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:51 -0000
http://twitpic.com/nirgn - @dukeblueplanet contest entry (me & former duke asst. coach Chuck Daly at Cameron) GO DEVILS!!

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