Over the next year, Jordan began making plans to build a state-of-the-art Boys and Girls Club facility on Chicago’s impoverished West Side. As one of the “Big Three” in the Boston Celtics ‘80s dynasty with Larry … In this never-before-seen footage, Bradley asked both player and coach about a game of golf at the 1992 Olympics. In the summer of 1992, the United States sent 11 future members of the NBA Hall of Fame to represent the nation at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Daly again took up a role as color commentator for TNT's NBA coverage during the mid-1990s. Daly rejected an offer to coach the New York Knicks over the summer of 1995 after deciding he was not ready for the NBA coaching grind. Daly was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2009 and died on May 9, 2009, at the age of 78. University of Pennsylvania 2008–09 Men's Basketball Media Guide. [5] After serving two years in the military, he began his basketball coaching career in 1955 at Punxsutawney Area High School in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. He led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1989 and 1990, and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1989 and 1990, and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. All rights reserved. The Pistons, a club that had never recorded back-to-back winning seasons before Daly's tenure, made the NBA playoffs each year he was head coach (1983–1992), as well as reaching the NBA finals three times, winning two consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. Postseason invitational champion The Eagles recorded an 11–13 record in Daly's first year at the school, and improved to 15–11 in 1971.[7]. 160 E. Ninth Avenue, Suite ARunnemede, NJ 08078 Tel: 856.767.8550 [email protected]. During his six seasons at Duke, the Blue Devils won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and advanced to the Final Four, both in 1964 and 1966. Among the basketball luminaries in attendance at the party was former Detroit Pistons head coach Chuck Daly. Challenging the Chief. Jordan never played for Daly in the NBA, but he did play for him as a member of the Dream Team that steamrolled to the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal in Barcelona, Spain. During the 1981 season, the Cleveland Cavaliers hired him as the third head coach that season, but he was fired with a 9–32 record before the season ended. [3] The Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is named after him. In 2005, both Jordan and Daly had retired from the NBA when correspondent Ed Bradley interviewed them for a story on 60 Minutes. Daly stayed two seasons with the Magic and then retired permanently.