:Charles Wolf (basketball)

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| name = Charles Wolf

| image = Charlie Wolf.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|5|7}}

| birth_place = Covington, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|26|1926|5|7}}

| high_school = St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio)

| college = Notre Dame (1946–1947)

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| cyears1 = 1954–1960

| cteam1 = Thomas More

| cyears2 = {{nbay|1960|start}}–{{nbay|1962|end}}

| cteam2 = Cincinnati Royals

| cyears3 = {{nbay|1963|start}}–{{nbay|1964|start}}

| cteam3 = Detroit Pistons

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Charles Anthony Wolf (May 7, 1926 – November 26, 2022) was an American professional basketball coach. He coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams: the Cincinnati Royals from 1960 through 1963 and the Detroit Pistons from 1963 through 1964.[http://en.hispanosnba.com/coaches/charles-wolf Hispanos NBA: Charles Wolf]

While living in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Wolf graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1944 and from Xavier University. He coached basketball at Villa Madonna College (now Thomas More University) before becoming an NBA coach.{{cite news|title=Region produced a solid crop of college players|first=Michael R.|last=Sweeney|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=April 2, 2007|page=B3|accessdate=February 14, 2019|url=https://oh0049.oplin.org:2332/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/11849B90EA9C3FB8|quote=Ft. Thomas' Charlie Wolf played at St. Xavier High School (1944) and XU, before becoming the coach at Villa Madonna College and later the Cincinnati Royals.|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215015249/https://auth.oplin.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com%2Fapps%2Fnews%2Fdocument-view%3Fp%3DAWNB%26docref%3Dnews%2F11849B90EA9C3FB8|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Welcome to the St. Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame |publisher=St. Xavier High School |accessdate=2007-02-08 |url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=764 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028154245/http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=764 |archivedate=October 28, 2007 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www2.cincinnati.com/preps/2003/01/31/wolfs31.html |title=St. Xavier's 'Wolf Pack': Third generation continues family legacy |access-date=2018-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824140032/http://www2.cincinnati.com/preps/2003/01/31/wolfs31.html |archive-date=2016-08-24 |url-status=dead }}

Wolf died on November 26, 2022, at the age of 96.{{cite web |title=Covington native Charley Wolf died at 96, made a mark in basketball and as patriarch of a sports family |url=https://www.nkytribune.com/2022/11/covington-native-charley-wolf-died-at-96-made-a-mark-in-basketball-and-as-patriarch-of-a-sports-family/ |publisher=Northern Kentucky Tribune |access-date=1 December 2022}} He had six sons, including Steve Wolf, a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports Network.{{cite web|title=Steve Wolf|work=CBS Press Express|publisher=CBS Sports|accessdate=April 12, 2023|url=https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-sports/talent/?view=steve-wolf}} His grandson J. J. Wolf is a professional tennis player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/high-school/ohio-high-school/2015/10/11/glory-days-dances-wolfs/73779834/|title = Glory Days: Dances with 'Wolfs'}}