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Didn't know there were only two, but if so, the other person is also a Pennsylvanian. He graduated from one high school and coached at another, both in the same county.Originally posted by ghLeave a comment:
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He was also a really good high school player. He graduated with my mother in Rock Island, Il.Originally posted by TrackDaddyLeave a comment:
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Don Nelson has never won a title as a coach, but was a pretty good player for the Celtics.Originally posted by EPelleLeave a comment:
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Guessing Dick Motta (Washington Bullets). I know he was one of the few NBA coaches to not play HS or college ball. Maybe the only. So maybe he's the other.Leave a comment:
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Daly (says my local fishwrap) one of only two coaches to win NBA title after starting out at the HS level.
Who's the other?Leave a comment:
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Daly managed to keep Dennis Rodman on an even keel. That alone speaks volumes about his ability to work with people.Leave a comment:
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My only semi-personal interface with Daly:
He was Duke's Freshmen Coach back in 1964, when Frosh were still ineligible for varsity play, so being Freshmen Coach at a big time school was a great stepping stone. Daly was just entering the collegiate ranks after being a very successful coach at Punxatawney HS in Pennsylvania.
Anyway at one Frosh game I was assisting the regular manager, and was in the lockeroom at halftime of a game against North Carolina. Carolina's superstar freshman that year was a kid named Bob Lewis from DC.
Duke was about even at half time, and Daly told the team," You did a great job on Lewis in the first half... he only had 12 points. Hold him to that in the second half, and we'll win ! "
Lewis went for THIRTY SIX in the second half, 48 in all, and the Tar Heels needless to say won the game.Leave a comment:
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Chuck Daly (former coach of the Pistons) dies at 78
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