The news was broken on Thursday by a post on X from Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook editor Mark Miller and later confirmed by the Milwaukee Bucks. At the time of his death, Wolf was

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.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced on Thursday that one of the Wisconsin Herd’s top assistants and a Wisconsin basketball legend passed away unexpectedly this week. According to the team, Joe Wolf, who has been with the team’s G-League affiliate since 2023 and spent over a decade coaching at the college and professional level,