FILE - In this March 30, 2011 file photo, West head coach Gene Pingatore, from St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Ill., talks to his team during the first half of the McDonald's All-American High School boys' basketball game in Chicago. Pingatore, the winningest boys basketball coach in Illinois history who gained national attention when he appeared in the 1994 documentary "Hoop Dreams" has died. Pingatore died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at his home. He was 83. At the time of his death, Pingatore was preparing for his 51st season coaching at the suburban Chicago school.(AP Photo/Brian Kersey File)
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