OT-RIP Temple coach John Chaney
No obit section so here goes...
Temple coach John Chaney, a Naismith Hall of Famer who led the Owls to 17 NCAA Tournaments, dies at 89.
Chaney, one of the most powerful and respected coaches in college basketball history, died Friday.
John Chaney was a great coach, put Temple on the map. Also played our Fab 5 Team tough in 93:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-03-29-1993088064-story.html
January 29th, 2021 at 7:00 PM ^
Played them tough is a nice way to say it, tried to hurt our guys....funny went he went after calipari though ?
January 29th, 2021 at 7:02 PM ^
RIP.
Cheney looked like he was 89 years old 30 years ago.
January 29th, 2021 at 7:40 PM ^
So true?
January 29th, 2021 at 7:07 PM ^
R.I.P John Chaney...I went to Tuskegee University ?with one of his granddaughters.
January 29th, 2021 at 7:29 PM ^
A coach that had his players try to hurt opposing players. That is a fact. Nobody is perfect.
January 29th, 2021 at 7:39 PM ^
John Chaney was a goon and a mean looking one at that. Definitely not the “great man” news articles are making him out to be. Sore loser after losing to Michigan in 1993. He HATED Steve Fisher and the Fab Five.
January 29th, 2021 at 7:44 PM ^
Not as much as he hated John Calipari and UMass, though...
January 29th, 2021 at 8:04 PM ^
Or John Thompson over at Georgetown.
January 29th, 2021 at 8:19 PM ^
He didn’t want any part of John Thompson’s smoke.
January 29th, 2021 at 8:22 PM ^
Agreed. He was a big mouth turd
January 29th, 2021 at 8:48 PM ^
And didn’t he have a close relationship with Bill Cosby?
January 30th, 2021 at 1:49 AM ^
Call me Trill Cosby
i might spike my own beverage
January 29th, 2021 at 9:58 PM ^
The guy died. You must be a delight at the dinner table.
January 29th, 2021 at 7:51 PM ^
Very sad as a Temple alum.
John Chaney, Hall of Famer will always be a legend on North Broad Street.
Rest in Peace Coach.
January 29th, 2021 at 8:00 PM ^
I don't know how good a man he was, but he was a damn good basketball coach that earned everything he got on the court. He made Temple a household name before anyone could spell 'tv contract' like we spell it today.
RIP, coach.
January 29th, 2021 at 8:46 PM ^
i still resent that 93 game. never a fan.
January 29th, 2021 at 9:09 PM ^
I agree. Condolences to his survivors, but Chaney was an ass. He couldn't have gotten away with all that at other schools.
January 29th, 2021 at 11:24 PM ^
Given the usual respect for the dead, the Temple team had no business keeping up with our Fab Five #2 team but it wasn't until late we pulled away.
January 30th, 2021 at 12:31 AM ^
Some nice insight into the man is over on the Ringer.
Sorry, I boned the HTML oembed syntax. I guess you get what you pay for...
January 30th, 2021 at 1:06 AM ^
Most people will remember him for “send in the goons” or “I’ll kill you” to Calipari. But he did help a ton of kids in Philadelphia get an opportunity to be something they never would have gotten in life