The National Basketball Coaches Association announced Del Harris, who has spent 61 seasons as a coach, including 32 in the NBA and with five as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, was the recipient of the 2020 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award.
“It is truly a special honor to be recognized by fellow Coaches and to be added to the list of outstanding Coaches and men who have had the privilege of being recognized along with the great Chuck Daly,” Harris said in a statement.
“Being honored by my peers is particularly meaningful to me because I coached in an era that many regard to be one with the highest level of the art.