John Chaney

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Philadelphia, PA
High School: 
Benjamin Franklin High School
  • Earned national coach of the year awards from the USBWA in 1987 and from AP, UPI, NABC and USBWA in 1988
  • Coach of third-place team in 2002 NIT
  • Coach of NCAA Division II champion in 1978 and third-place finisher in 1979
  • Won six Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament titles (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2000 and 2001)
  • Temple's all-time winningest coach
  • Final Division I Top 20 Rankings (eight: AP/UPI/USA)--1984 (20/NR/25), 1987 (8/8/17), 1988 (1/1/5), 1993 (NR/NR/13), 1994 (12/12/18), 1998 (24/NR), 1999 (NR/14), 2000 (5/10) and 2001 (NR/16)
  • Final Division II Rankings (six)--1976 (11), 1978 (4), 1979 (4), 1980 (7), 1981 (T20) and 1982 (1)
  • Major-College All-Americans (four): Nate Blackwell (1987), Mark Macon (1988), Pepe Sanchez (2000) and Terence Stansbury (1984)
  • Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1972-73

Cheyney State

23-5

12-2

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (1-1)

1973-74

Cheyney State

19-7

11-1

T-1st-E

Pa. Conf.

DNP

1974-75

Cheyney State

16-9

9-5

2nd-E

Pa. Conf.

DNP

1975-76

Cheyney State

24-5

11-1

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (2-1)

1976-77

Cheyney State

20-8

10-2

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (2-1)

1977-78

Cheyney State

27-2

12-0

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (5-0)

1978-79

Cheyney State

24-7

10-2

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (4-1)

1979-80

Cheyney State

23-5

12-0

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (1-1)

1980-81

Cheyney State

21-8

9-3

T-1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (1-1)

1981-82

Cheyney State

28-3

11-1

1st-E

Pa. Conf.

NCAA DII (2-1)

1982-83

Temple

14-15

5-9

3rd

A10 (East)

DNP

1983-84

Temple

26-5

18-0

1st

Atlantic 10

NCAA (1-1)

1984-85

Temple

25-6

15-3

2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (1-1)

1985-86

Temple

25-6

15-3

T-2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (1-1)

1986-87

Temple

32-4

17-1

1st

Atlantic 10

NCAA (1-1)

1987-88

Temple

32-2

18-0

1st

Atlantic 10

NCAA (3-1)

1988-89

Temple

18-12

15-3

2nd

Atlantic 10

NIT (0-1)

1989-90

Temple

20-11

15-3

1st

Atlantic 10

NCAA (0-1)

1990-91

Temple

24-10

13-5

2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (3-1)

1991-92

Temple

17-13

11-5

2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (0-1)

1992-93

Temple

20-13

8-6

T-2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (3-1)

1993-94

Temple

23-8

12-4

2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (1-1)

1994-95

Temple

19-11

10-6

T-2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (0-1)

1995-96

Temple

20-13

12-4

2nd

A10 (East)

NCAA (1-1)

1996-97

Temple

20-11

10-6

4th

A10 (East)

NCAA (1-1)

1997-98

Temple

21-9

13-3

1st

A10 (East)

NCAA (0-1)

1998-99

Temple

24-11

13-3

1st

A10 (East)

NCAA (3-1)

1999-00

Temple

27-6

14-2

1st

A10 (East)

NCAA (1-1)

2000-01

Temple

24-13

12-4

T-2nd

Atlantic 10

NCAA (3-1)

2001-02

Temple

19-15

12-4

T-1st

Atlantic 10

NIT (4-1)

2002-03

Temple

18-16

10-6

T-2nd

A10 (East)

NIT (3-1)

2003-04

Temple

15-14

9-7

2nd

A10 (East)

NIT (0-1)

2004-05

Temple

16-14

11-5

2nd

A10 (East)

NIT (0-1)

2005-06

Temple

17-15

8-8

T-7th

Atlantic 10

NIT (0-1)

  • 34-Year Coaching Record: 741-312 (.704) overall
  • 225-59 (.792) in 10 years at Cheyney (PA) State
  • 516-253 (.671) in 24 years at Temple
  • 107-17 (.863) in Pennsylvania Conference
  • 298-100 (.749) in Atlantic 10 Conference
  • 44-18 (.710) in Atlantic 10 Tournament
  • 23-17 (.575) in NCAA Division I Tournament
  • 7-6 (.538) in NIT
  • 18-7 (.720) in NCAA Division II Tournament