Joe Wolf, a former NBA player and G League coach, passes away at age 59.

Wolf remains one of the best high school basketball people is Wisconsin's past.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced Thursday that Joe Wolf, a retired NBA player who is still considered one of Wisconsin's best athletes, had passed away. He was 59 years older.

Although Wolf's cause of death was unknown, a report from Mark Miller of the Wisconsin Basketball Magazine claimed he had an apparent heart attack.

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Wolf's sports job both started and ended in Wisconsin. Its first time saw him become a legend in Kohler, where he won state names in 1980, 1982 and 1983. He became the first McDonald's All-American from the state of Wisconsin and remains one of only eight in the country's history.

Wolf was deemed the best high school basketball player in Wisconsin story in a 2005 poll by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Wolf made the decision to pursue a university career by joining Michael Jordan and Dean Smith at North Carolina in his sophomore season. He developed into a first-team All-ACC player in 1987 and was selected 13th total by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1987 NBA Draft.

Wolf played for seven different groups for 13 seasons before becoming a regular NBA start. He averaged 4.2 positions and 3.3 touchdowns in 16.3 minutes per game in his profession, which spanned 592 activities.

After retiring as a player, Wolf spent the rest of his life as a coach. He served as the head coach for three distinct development team while he was a Bucks player from 2008 to 2013. From the Money:

Joe was a highly regarded, adored, and devoted coach and player throughout the NBA, according to his career. Over his eight times with the Money and Herd, including as a player and coach, his well-known skill was invaluable.

Wolf was employed by the Bucks-affiliated Wisconsin Herd as an assistant coach at the time of his demise.