​Tim Kelly, one of the state’s high school boys basketball coaching icons, has died after a battle with cancer, The News Tribune confirmed Monday night.Kelly, who won five state titles in Washington during his coaching career — three at Curtis (2013, 2022 and 2023) and two at Lincoln (2001, 2002) — coached for 32 seasons at Lincoln and Curtis.Kelly, who was in his mid 60s, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010 and had been living with and coaching through the cancer for years before deteriorating health forced his retirement in 2025.In total, Kelly’s teams made 22 state tournament appearances over the course of his coaching career. Kelly returned to Curtis, his alma mater, in 2006 after a 14-year run at Lincoln. In addition to the three state titles, Kelly won 12 Class 4A South Puget Sound League titles. In 2009, he was inducted into the Washington State Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.Kelly has earned numerous accolades, including nine Class 4A SPSL Coach of the Year honors and two Washington State Coach of the Year awards. He won 581 games in 32 seasons in Class 4A, the largest high school sports classification in Washington. He compiled a 362-121 record at Curtis.There were two back-to-back state champions for Kelly: the early 2000s Leonard White, Justin Holt, Aubrey Shelton teams and the 2020s Zoom Diallo, Tyce Paulsen and Cinque Maxwell-led teams.