Bay Area Loses Another Sports Legend, Former Warriors Coach and General Manager Al Attles

Bay Area Loses Another Sports Legend, Former Warriors Coach and General Manager Al Attles
Former Coach and General Manager Al Attles (R) shakes hands with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry after Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference finals against the Houston Rockets in Oakland, Calif., on May 27, 2015. Ben Margot/AP Photo
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OAKLAND, Calif.—Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager, and most recently team ambassador, has died. He was 87.

The Warriors announced Wednesday that Attles died in his East Bay home a day earlier, surrounded by family. The team did not disclose a cause of death.