Don Chaney

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Don Chaney

Position	Center, Coach
Nickname	Don, Duck
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	March 22, 1946 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
College	University of Houston
Draft	1st Round, 12th overall, 1968 Boston Celtics
Pro career	1968 – 2003
Former teams	Boston Celtics 1968–75 St. Louis Spirits ABA 1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers 1976–77 Boston Celtics 1978–1980 Los Angeles Clippers 1985–87 Houston Rockets 1989–1992 Detroit Pistons 1994–95 New York Knicks 2002–04
Awards	NBA Coach of the Year Award (1991)

Donald R. Chaney (born March 22, 1946 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a former pro basketball player and coach.

Chaney played basketball in college for the University of Houston and played all 40 minutes of the famed "Game of the Century" at the Astrodome. That year Chaney became the first-round pick (12th overall) of the Boston Celtics in the 1968 NBA Draft,

12-year playing career:

NBA:

• Boston Celtics (1968-69 through 1974-75, 1977-78 through 1979-80)
• Los Angeles Lakers (1976-77 through 1977-78)

ABA:

• Spirits of St. Louis (1975-76)

22 seasons as a coach (9 as NBA head coach):

• Los Angeles Clippers, (1984-85 through 1986-87)
• Houston Rockets, (1988-89 through 1991-92)
• Detroit Pistons, (1993-94 through 1994-95)
• New York Knicks, (2001-02 through 2003-04)

Chaney is the only Boston Celtic member who has played with both Bill Russell (1956–1969) and Larry Bird (1979–1992).

[edit] Trivia

• Don became a 1969 NBA Finals champion with the Boston Celtics during his rookie year. He would also help the Celtics toward winning the 1974 NBA Finals.
• Chaney is a big fan of doing "daredevil" type stunts. He has done numerous skydives, and has been a racecar driver in his spare time.
• He won the NBA's Coach of The Year Award for the 1990-1991 season, after leading the Houston Rockets to a 50-32 record.

[edit] Awards

• 1969 NBA Finals and 1974 NBA Finals champion
• NBA All-Defensive second team (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977)
• NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Houston Rockets (1991)
• Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1991)
• Gold Medal US team at the World Championship Games in Toronto (1994), assistant coach

[edit] External links

• NBA Coach Bio
• BasketballReference.com: Don Chaney (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Don Chaney (as player)

Preceded by: Jim Lynam	Los Angeles Clippers Coach 1985–1987	Succeeded by: Gene Shue
Preceded by: Bill Fitch	Houston Rockets Head Coach 1988–1992	Succeeded by: Rudy Tomjanovich
Preceded by: Ron Rothstein	Detroit Pistons Head Coach 1993–1995	Succeeded by: Doug Collins
Preceded by: Jeff Van Gundy	New York Knicks Head Coach 2001–2004	Succeeded by: Herb Williams