Wisconsin Herd assistant coach and former Milwaukee Bucks player and assistant coach Joe Wolf unexpectedly passed away, the Bucks announced Thursday, Sept. 26.

Wolf led Kohler High School to three state titles and was named Wisconsin’s greatest high school basketball player ever by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2005.

Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith and went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced.

Joe Wolf, known as one of the best basketball players in Wisconsin high school hoops history, has died. The news of Wolf's death was first reported by Mark Miller, the longtime editor of the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook. Wolf died of an apparent heart attack, Miller wrote on X. Wolf was 59 years old.

Joe Wolf, a retired NBA veteran who remains one of the best players the state of Wisconsin has ever produced, has died, the Milwaukee Bucks announced Thursday. He was 59 years old. Wolf's cause of death was not announced, but Mark Miller of Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook reports he suffered an apparent heart attack.

The Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night announced the death of Joe Wolf, an All-ACC player for UNC basketball under coach Dean Smith.

The Bucks and Wisconsin Herd issued the following statement.

Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, has died at the age of 59.

Joe Wolf, who starred in basketball for Kohler High School, then went on to play in college for North Carolina, followed by an NBA career during which he played for several teams, including the Bucks,

Joe Wolf, who played 11 seasons in the NBA before embarking on a 20-year coaching career in college and professionally, has passed away at the age of 59. A Kohler, Wisc. native, Wolf spent last season as an assistant coach with the Wisconsin Herd,