TMZ Sports · Feb 17
Longtime Nuggets Coach Doug Moe Dead at 87
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Doug Moe -- fast-break-loving mastermind who turned the Denver Nuggets into the NBA’s most entertaining track meet of the 1980s -- has died at 87.
One of his former players, Bill Hanzlik, posted to X that Moe passed peacefully with his wife Jane at his side.
From 1980 to 1990, Moe stacked up 432 wins in Denver, led the team to nine straight playoff appearances and snagged NBA Coach of the Year in 1988. His franchise record for wins hangs in the rafters of Ball Arena -- and it stood until 2024 when Michael Malone passed it.
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Moe’s teams were must-see ... with games often in the 120s and 130s before that was trendy. Denver led the NBA in scoring six times under Moe.