<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> August 23, 2007 - 1:52 pm AP - Butch van Breda Kolff, who coached the Lakers to two NBA finals appearances and won 482 games as a college coach, has died after a long illness. Van Breda Kolff, 84, died Wednesday afternoon at a nursing home in Spokane, his daughter, Kristina van Breda Kolff, said. His son, Jan, also played professionally and coached at Cornell, Vanderbilt, Pepperdine and St. Bonaventure. [</div> source
