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Born on January 21, 1932 in Jacksonville, Florida, Chaney grew up in Philadelphia but began his college career at the HBCU Bethune-Cookman. He was a standout player there from 1951 to 1955 and later joined the Sunbury Mercuries from 1955 to 1963. For three years , he was with the Williamsport Billies. During his time with the Billies, he was also the basketball coach at William L. Sayre Junior High School in Philadelphia.
Chaney’s conquests on the court, his fiery take-no-prisoners attitude, sometimes spilled over off the court, as it did in 1994 when he threatened to kill John Calipari, then-coach of University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Calipari was speaking at the podium when Chaney entered the press conference and began calling Calipari an “Italian son-of-a-bitch,” accusing him of influencing and manipulating the referees. He demanded that Calipari “Shut up” when he attempted to respond to the accusations.
In 2004, Chaney joined several notables—Bob Knight, Eddie Sutton, Lou Henson, and Hugh Durham—as coaches to appear on the sidelines for 1,000 games. But a year later he was again in the throes of controversy when he ordered Nehemiah Ingram, a backup forward, to commit a series of hard fouls because of missed calls by the referees. Later, he admitted that he sent the player as part of a “goon squad” to send a message about the poor officiating.
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