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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 fourteen-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 . COACHING CAREER Daly grew up in the Pittsburgh -area town of Kane, Pennsylvania , 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 . 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 . Coaching highlights
(''^ Won NBA championship.)
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