Gene Shue, All-Star player and Coach of the Year, dies at 90

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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.

The Wizards and the NBA announced Shue’s death on Monday.

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Baltimore Bullets coach Gene Shue motions to the bench in this 1980 photo. (Irving H. Phillips Jr./The Baltimore Sun via AP)

"Gene dedicated his life to the game and left an indelible mark as a player, head coach and executive," the league said.

Shue played collegiately at Maryland, where he was named the top player at the Southern Conference Tournament in 1953, then earned All-ACC honors the following year after the Terrapins joined that league. He was taken with the No. 3 pick in the 1954 draft by the Philadelphia Warriors.

His five All-Star selections came as a member of the Detroit Pistons, and he played a decade in the NBA before transitioning to coaching. He took over the Bullets in 1966, and he was named Coach of the Year in 1968-69 when the team went 57-25. In 1971, Baltimore reached the Finals before losing to Milwaukee.

Former Philadelphia 76ers coach Gene Shue, left, and his former player and 76ers coach Doug Collins are seen at a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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