Doug Moe, an ABA original who gained fame over a rumpled, irreverent and sometimes R-rated decade as coach of the Denver Nuggets in the 1980s, died Tuesday.

Doug Moe -- fast-break-loving mastermind who turned the Denver Nuggets into the NBA’s most entertaining track meet of the 1980s -- has died at 87.

Moe coached the Nuggets from 1980-90 and won 432 regular-season games, a feat that’s celebrated with a banner hanging at Ball Arena.