High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships in 1989 and 1990, and the Dream Team to the men`s basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He had a 14-year NBA coaching career.