coach that season, but he was fired with a 9–32 record before the season ended. He then returned to the 76ers as a broadcaster until he was hired in 1983 by the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons, a franchise that had not recorded back-to-back winning seasons since the mid-1950s, made the NBA playoffs each year Daly was head coach (1983–1992), and reached the NBA finals three times, winning two consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. While serving as the Pistons coach, Daly was also a color commentator for TBS's NBA Playoff coverage. Daly was named head coach of the U.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics, before moving his NBA career onto the New Jersey Nets for the 1992–93 season. Daly stayed with the Nets for two seasons, before resigning over frustration over the immaturity of some of the players on his team. Daly again took up a role as color commentator for TNT's NBA coverage during the mid-1990s. Daly rejected an offer to coach the New York Knicks over the summer of 1995 after deciding he was not ready for the NBA coaching grind. He would return to coaching with the Orlando Magic at the beginning of the 1997–98 season. Daly stayed two seasons with the Magic and then retired permanently. Death Daly was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2009 and died on May 9, 2009, at the age of 78. He is buried at Riverside Memorial Park in Tequesta, Florida. Head coaching record College NBA |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| | 41||9||32|||| style="text-align:center;"|(fired)||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||49||33|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in first round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||46||36|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central||9||5||4|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||46||36|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Central||4||1||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in first round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||52||30|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central||15||10||5|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||54||28|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Central||23||14||9|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in NBA Finals |- style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||63||19|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Central||17||15||2|| | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||59||23|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Central||20||15||5|| | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||50||32|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central||15||7||8|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||48||34|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Central||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in first round |- |