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.

Wolf was a high school All-American in 1983 before joining the Tar Heels to play alongside the likes of Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins.

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