Gene Shue, All-Star Player and Coach of the Year, Dies at 90

Gene Shue, All-Star Player and Coach of the Year, Dies at 90
Baltimore Bullets coach Gene Shue motions to the bench, at right is Bullets' Kevin Grevey (35) in this 1980 photo. Irving H. Phillips Jr./The Baltimore Sun via AP
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Gene Shue, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year who won 784 games with the Bullets, 76ers and Clippers, has died. He was 90.

A five-time All-Star as a player for the Pistons, Shue went on to coach for more than two decades. He took the Baltimore Bullets to the NBA Finals in 1971, ​​then did the same with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1977. He is still the record holder for the Washington-Baltimore franchise with 522 victories.