RIP John Chaney

[Eric15]

When I think of the best coaches of my lifetime not to make a Final Four, he and Gene Keady immediately come to mind.

We only played against him twice. A home win in 1989 and the 2002 NIT. I'll never forget the press conference where he threatened to kill John Calipari. I'm hoping they were able to laugh about that years later.

Hall of Fame Temple coach Chaney dies at 89

Hall of Fame coach John Chaney, a zone defense innovator who led Temple to 17 NCAA tournament appearances, has died at the age of 89.

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[HOFCeluck]

Legend

 

[MSOrange]

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[realorange]

Cheney is one more of a dying breed of coaches. His whole heart and soul was in a game. You sometimes wondered if his eyes were going to pop our of his head when he really got wound up.

I'm afraid the next to go, and was as invested in the game as much as John, will be Louie Carnesecca.

Both part of that era when the Big East was at it's heights and the Big Five games at the Palestra in Philly were small wars.

 

[Scooch]

Five Elite Eight losses in 14 years.

East coast basketball was something to behold when the Big East and A-10 were at their peak in the 80s and 90s.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Right now it’s basically Villanova and no one else.

 

[pearl31]

Man. He was a real one.

 

[Eric15]

Cheney is one more of a dying breed of coaches. His whole heart and soul was in a game. You sometimes wondered if his eyes were going to pop our of his head when he really got wound up.

I'm afraid the next to go, and was as invested in the game as much as John, will be Louie Carnesecca.

Both part of that era when the Big East was at it's heights and the Big Five games at the Palestra in Philly were small wars.

I’m not saying this in a disrespectful way but Lou Carnesecca is someone who I can never seem to remember if they’re still alive.

 

[hoopsupstate]

I’m not saying this in a disrespectful way but Lou Carnesecca is someone who I can never seem to remember if they’re still alive.

He’s still alive and still attends games. He just turned 96 on January 5.

 

[OrangeDW]

What a coach. Always had a ton of respect for his teams. Wish we would have had more matchups with them in the 80s-90s.

 

[OrangeDW]

Cheney is one more of a dying breed of coaches. His whole heart and soul was in a game. You sometimes wondered if his eyes were going to pop our of his head when he really got wound up.

Growing up we used to joke and call those his “owl eyes”.

 

[pearl31]

Chaney's zone, when he had that thing goin' with the right players, was probably superior to JB's. Just suffocating.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[hoopsupstate]

It seems like an large amount of coaches and sports celebrities have died in the past few months. It’s sad and it shows we’re all getting older.

 

[dasher]

Chaney's zone, when he had that thing goin' with the right players, was probably superior to JB's. Just suffocating.

He wasn't playing against Big East teams. No disrespect to him but it just wasn't the same.

 

[dasher]

It seems like an large amount of coaches and sports celebrities have died in the past few months. It’s sad and it shows we’re all getting older.

We are going to keep getting older unless we are the ones people are talking about.

 

[Symphony Steve]

John always wore his heart on his sleeve. He was an underdog growing up, and he never got comfortable in his position. He really loved his players, and they loved him.

I've always admired him, and I will miss him.

 

[Briancuse]

Great coach. Has to be the best coach not to reach a final 4. He took a lot of chances on.kids and changed their lives.

 

[JarHeadJim]

I so wish he would of got to Calipari on

February 13 1994​

 

[kcsu]

One of the best ever.

 

[elimunelson]

He wasn't playing against Big East teams. No disrespect to him but it just wasn't the same.

The A10 in the early/mid 90s was certainly on par w the big East. There was no peak UMass in the big East. Umass was a force and I remember them just dismantling us in the Hawaii tournament in 96. Had we played them in the final four we would
Have lost by double digits

RIP to Chaney. The OG team that no one wanted to play in the tournament

 

[Newhouser]

The tail end of his career is a good study for our current situation.

 

[OrangeDW]

The A10 in the early/mid 90s was certainly on par w the big East. There was no peak UMass in the big East. Umass was a force and I remember them just dismantling us in the Hawaii tournament in 96. Had we played them in the final four we would
Have lost by double digits

RIP to Chaney. The OG team that no one wanted to play in the tournament

That “peak” was one season though. They were really good for 5 years or so before that, but no different than the really good Big East teams.

 

[Eric15]

There was no peak UMass in the big East.

UConn? They were extremely good in that 3-4 year stretch with Donyell Marshall to Ray Allen.

 

[721Comstock]

UConn? They were extremely good in that 3-4 year stretch with Donyell Marshall to Ray Allen.

... and Donyell Marshall only ended up at UConn because we got put on probation.

Sigh. Butterfly Effect.