RIP Coach Cheney. A mentor to RU W BB coach C.Vivian Stringer, and many other coaches and players.
RIP John Chaney, Temple MBB
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He and CVS were contemporaries while coaching at Cheney State in PA. According to someone on the men's board, it was John who encouraged her to take the Rutgers job back in 1995.
Anyone interested might want to check out the thread about him on the men's board. It's quite a tribute from rival fans to a great coach and highly respected person.
Anyone interested might want to check out the thread about him on the men's board. It's quite a tribute from rival fans to a great coach and highly respected person.
We sat with him at the post-induction CVS WBB Hall of Fame party. Sweater and chains. They did a "this is your life" type presentation and he was hysterical.
Also saw him speak at an event honoring CVS down near Atlantic City.
Also saw him speak at an event honoring CVS down near Atlantic City.
Flashback Friday: C. Vivian Stringer and John Chaney shared common bonds
This story, originally published in 1999, captures the love and synergy between Hall of Fame coaches C. Vivian Stringer and John Chaney, who died today
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Chaney, Stringer return home to Cheyney
John Chaney remembered that C. Vivian Stringer was the first person he met after signing a contract in 1972 to coach the men's basketball team at what was then Cheyney State College.
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Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer has made her mentor John Chaney proud
Fellow Hall of Fame coach says Stringer has "the DNA of a winner"
Outstanding tribute about Chaney from CVS. Long, but worth the read.
"John fought battles to create opportunities for all of us and taught us how to win when it appeared the cards were stacked against us. During the Black Coaches Association (BCA) meetings, for example, John Chaney and his good friend and colleague Coach John Thompson, (Georgetown) both stepped up to assume responsibility for speaking on behalf of all of us black coaches on controversial issues. Big John and Little John, as we called them, took the heat because they were established in their careers and had the support of their respective schools to weather the storms and not be fired for raising issues. He didn't just make us all better; he made us the best at who we were trying to become.
He touched so many lives. Coach Chaney was a father, friend, leader, mentor, hero, humanitarian, talented basketball player, and an iconic often-imitated-never-duplicated basketball coach. He was a powerful force of nature who I believed in absolutely and copied consistently. I know that God has a special place reserved for him in heaven.
I remember all of this about John Chaney, and I am left with only one conclusion: there will never be another coach, here or anywhere else, like the incomparable John Chaney. I will carry him in my heart and soul, forever. His presence in my life was transformative, and the time we spent together priceless. I hope his family knows I am forever indebted to him for all that he instilled in me. My condolences are deep and endless for our shared loss."
"John fought battles to create opportunities for all of us and taught us how to win when it appeared the cards were stacked against us. During the Black Coaches Association (BCA) meetings, for example, John Chaney and his good friend and colleague Coach John Thompson, (Georgetown) both stepped up to assume responsibility for speaking on behalf of all of us black coaches on controversial issues. Big John and Little John, as we called them, took the heat because they were established in their careers and had the support of their respective schools to weather the storms and not be fired for raising issues. He didn't just make us all better; he made us the best at who we were trying to become.
He touched so many lives. Coach Chaney was a father, friend, leader, mentor, hero, humanitarian, talented basketball player, and an iconic often-imitated-never-duplicated basketball coach. He was a powerful force of nature who I believed in absolutely and copied consistently. I know that God has a special place reserved for him in heaven.
I remember all of this about John Chaney, and I am left with only one conclusion: there will never be another coach, here or anywhere else, like the incomparable John Chaney. I will carry him in my heart and soul, forever. His presence in my life was transformative, and the time we spent together priceless. I hope his family knows I am forever indebted to him for all that he instilled in me. My condolences are deep and endless for our shared loss."
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