- Retired from coaching following the 1999 season with the Orlando Magic.
- Played college basketball at Bloomsburg(PA) University.
- (1989, 1990) Led the Detroit Pistons to back to back NBA championships.
- The head coach of the First NBA Dream Team, which many considered to be the greatest ever assembled. (1992)
- Is a graduate of Kane (PA) High School.
- Considered one of the greatest coaches in NBA history.
- Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. (1994)
- Was the first coach to win both an NBA title and Olympic gold.
- Coached eight seasons at Punxsutawney (PA) High School, then spent six years as an assistant at Duke University.
- Retired at age 68 because he was tired of traveling. He split his retirement living in suburban Detroit and Jupiter, Florida.
- Has one daughter, Cydney, and two grandchildren Sabrina and Connor.
- He is survived by his daughter, Cydney Daly, and two grandchildren.
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