Field Level Media
Gene Littles, whose career spanned three decades as an assistant and head coach in the NBA, has died at the age of 78.
Littles died Sept. 9, according to a release by High Point University, where Littles remains the Panthers' all-time leading scorer. A cause of death was not given.
Littles scored 2,398 points from 1965-69 at High Point.
Littles averaged 9.0 points per game in six years in the ABA and went on to become a head coach in the NBA, including 1 1/2 seasons with the Charlotte Hornets.