Former Bulls assistant coach Tex Winter, 96, died Wednesday, the team confirmed.
After 38 years of coaching college basketball, Winter began his NBA career with the Houston Rockets in 1971 before joining the Bulls in 1985.
Winter was with Chicago during the Bulls dynasty under head coach Phil Jackson, who took over as Chicago's head coach in 1989. Winter was considered the creator of the team's triangle offense, the scheme that brought Michael Jordan and the Bulls six NBA championships in the 1990's.
Jackson and Winter took the triangle offense with them to Los Angeles when they left Chicago after the 1998 season and employed the famed system to win five championships for the Lakers.