Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award

Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is an annual award given by the National Basketball Association to a longtime NBA coach's life in basketball and his "standard of integrity, competitive excellence and tireless promotion" of the game. The inaugural award winner was Tom Heinsohn. The award is named after former NBA Head coach Chuck Daly.^[1][2]

Winners[]

Season	Coach	Nationality	Teams coached
2008–09	Tom Heinsohn	United States	Boston Celtics (1969–78)
2009–10	Jack Ramsay	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (1968–72) Buffalo Braves (1972–76) Portland Trail Blazers (1976–86) Indiana Pacers (1986–88)
	Tex Winter	United States	Houston Rockets (1971–73) Chicago Bulls (1985–99) (assistant coach) Los Angeles Lakers (1999–2008) (assistant coach)
2010–11	Lenny Wilkens	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (1969–72; 1977–86) Portland Trail Blazers (1974–76) Cleveland Cavaliers (1986–93) Atlanta Hawks (1993–2000) Toronto Raptors (2000–03) New York Knicks (2004–05)
2011–12	Pat Riley	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (1981–90) New York Knicks (1991–95) Miami Heat (1995–2003; 2005–08)
2012–13	Bill Fitch	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (1970–79) Boston Celtics (1980–83) Houston Rockets (1983–88) New Jersey Nets (1989–92) Los Angeles Clippers (1994–98)
2013–14	Bernie Bickerstaff	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (1985–89; 1989–90) Denver Nuggets (1995–96) Washington Bullets/Wizards (1997–99) Charlotte Bobcats (2004–07) Los Angeles Lakers (2012)
2014–15	Dick Motta	United States	Chicago Bulls (1968–76) Washington Bullets (1976–80) Dallas Mavericks (1980–87; 1994–96) Sacramento Kings (1990–91) Denver Nuggets (1996–97)
2015–16	K. C. Jones	United States	Capital/Washington Bullets (1973–76) Boston Celtics (1983–88) Seattle SuperSonics (1990–92)
	Jerry Sloan	United States	Chicago Bulls (1979–82) Utah Jazz (1988–2011)
2016–17	Al Attles	United States	Golden State Warriors (1969-1983)
	Hubie Brown	United States	Kentucky Colonels (1974–76) Atlanta Hawks (1976–1981) New York Knicks (1982–1987) Memphis Grizzlies (2002–05)
2017–18	Doug Moe	United States	San Antonio Spurs (1976–1980) Denver Nuggets (1980–1991) Philadelphia 76ers (1992–93)
2018–19	Frank Layden	United States	Utah Jazz (1981–89)
2019–20	Del Harris	United States	Houston Rockets (1979–83) Milwaukee Bucks (1987–91) Los Angeles Lakers (1994–99)
2020–21	Larry Brown[3]	United States	San Antonio Spurs (1988–92) Los Angeles Clippers (1992–93) Indiana Pacers (1993–97) Philadelphia 76ers (1997–03) Detroit Pistons (2003–05) New York Knicks (2005–06) Charlotte Bobcats (2008–10)

Notes[]

• Tom Heinsohn, Jack Ramsay, Bill Fitch, Pat Riley, Jerry Sloan, Tex Winter and Hubie Brown were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches.
• Lenny Wilkens was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and a player. He was also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
• K.C. Jones was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
• Four of these winners were named Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996: Bill Fitch, Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay.^[4]

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