In 31 NBA seasons as a head coach, Nelson recorded 1,335 regular season wins, the most in league history at the time of his retirement in 2010. He served as head coach of the Golden State Warriors ...

Nelson — a Basketball Hall of Famer and three-time NBA coach of the year — was announced Sunday as this year’s recipient of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the ...

Some recent winners of the award include Rudy Tomjanovich, Larry Brown, and Rick Adelman. Nelson was the Warriors' coach from 1988 to 1995 and again from 2006 to 2010.

Nelson is the third member of the Golden State Warriors to earn the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, joining Al Attles and Rick Adelman. This post originally appeared on Warriors Wire!

Nelson, 85, retired in 2010 as the NBA’s all-time coaching wins ... award is in Daly’s memory and celebrates his “integrity, competitive excellence, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.” Prior ...

Don Nelson has been invited to the NBA Finals countless times in recent years, always declining those opportunities. Nelson — a Basketball Hall of Famer and three-time NBA coach of the year ...

I made the Hall of Fame in 2012 and this is certainly as important to me as that award was.” Nelson is one of only two coaches in NBA history to have at least 250 wins with three franchises.

Nelson, 85, retired in 2010 as the NBA’s all-time coaching wins leader with 1,335, just ahead of Lenny Wilkens’ 1,332.

Over 31 seasons on the sideline in the NBA, Nelson coached to the Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks. Nelson is one of only two coaches in NBA history to ...