Chuck Daly who went from coaching the Dream Team to coaching the Nets died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at age 78. Daly had coached Penn to four Ivy League championships, the Pistons to two NBA championships and the Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal before joining the Nets in 1992. In two years with New Jersey, he was 88-76. Among his players was fellow Hall of Famer Drazen Petrovic.
- Former NBA coach Chuck Daly passes away at age 78; coached Nets, original 'Dream Team' - Larry Lage - AP
- Hall of Famer Chuck Daly blazed trail for other coaches - Rob Peterson - NBA.com
- Legendary basketball coach Chuck Daly dies at 78; coached first Olympic Dream Team to gold medal - Mitch Lawrence - New York Daily News
- Respected, complex Daly always stayed above the fray - Jan Hubbard - CBS Sports
- A Coaching Society Loses a Personality - Harvey Araton - New York Times
- Former Jayhawk Rex Walters: Coach Daly a special man - Gary Bedore - Lawrence Journal World News
- Daddy Rich says goodbye - Adrian Wojnarowski - Yahoo! Sports
- Chuck Daly was a class act - Ian O'Connor - The Record
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