Per MSNBC, the former Detriot Pistons coach was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had been undergoing treatment.
Daly was the first coach to win an NBA title and a gold medal. He coached the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, and the original Dream Team to a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Two years after he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Daly was voted one of the 10 greatest coaches of the NBA's first half-century in 1996.
The Twitterverse mourned the loss of the Hall of Famer:
CP_6 RIP to my favorite coach of my favorite team. Chuck Daly
Mr_WTF RIP Chuck Daly he made hating the Pistons fun
ncklausnut Sorry to hear about Chuck Daly . My condolences.
JPaschke Mourning loss of Chuck Daly. Great man and coach. Father of NBA charter flights. Once admired a sport coat of mine , a real compliment.
tenyjr whoa - just found out thru Twitter's trending topics that Detroit Pistons coach Chuck Daly has died
kuhvet RIP Chuck Daly. bad boys were one of my fav teams to watch growing up.
JMcII We lost a great basketball mind, R.I.P. Chuck Daly
