  john chaney (born january 21, 1932) is an american retired college basketball coach, best known for his success at temple university. ==coaching career== chaney was born in jacksonville, florida. he began his career after graduating from bethuneâcookman college and spending some time in the eastern professional basketball league. chaney's first team was at the middle school level at sayre jr. high in philadelphia, with joey goldenberg 1960- 1963. he moved to simon gratz high school in philadelphia where he had a 63-23 record. chaney then moved on to college basketball. the first collegiate position held by chaney was at division ii cheyney state. at cheyney, chaney was 232-56. he won a national title in 1978. after a decade at cheyney, chaney moved on to division i temple in philadelphia. chaney built a reputation as a tough coach who always demanded excellence on and off the court. he was well known for his 6 am practices, match-up zone defense, tough non-conference scheduling, and winning basketball teams. chaney won a total of 741 career games. he took temple to the ncaa tournament 17 times. his 1987-88 owls team entered the ncaa tournament ranked #1 in the country, and he reached the elite eight on five different occasions. in 2001, chaney was elected to the [[n
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