Don Chaney

Don Chaney

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Personal information
Date of birth	March 22, 1946(1946-03-22)
Place of birth	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nationality	American
High school	McKinley (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	Houston
NBA Draft	1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Pro career	1968–1980
League	NBA and ABA
Career history
As player:
1968–1975	Boston Celtics
1975–1976	Spirits of St. Louis (ABA)
1976–1977	Los Angeles Lakers
1977–1979	Boston Celtics
As coach:
1984–1987	Los Angeles Clippers
1988–1992	Houston Rockets
1993–1995	Detroit Pistons
2001–2004	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA Champion (1969, 1974) 5× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1972–1975, 1977) NBA Coach of the Year (1991)
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points	6,663 (8.4 ppg)
Rebounds	3,147 (4.0 rpg)
Assists	1,762 (2.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Donald Ray Chaney (born March 22, 1946 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, most notable for his long stints as a player on the Boston Celtics.

Career as a player

Chaney played basketball in college for the University of Houston, where he was a teammate of future Basketball Hall-of-Famer Elvin Hayes. Chaney 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; he was also drafted by the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association.

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. He had two stints with the Boston Celtics (1968-1975, and 1977-1980), for which he is most notable. He also had a short two season stint with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1976-1978, and also played in the ABA for one year with the Spirits of St. Louis from 1975-1976. Chaney was mostly known for his defensive skills, providing adequate numbers in minutes off the bench.

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

Career as a coach

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)

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 for the 1990-91 season, after leading the Houston Rockets to a 50-32 record.
• Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1991)
• Gold medal-winning US national team at the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Toronto, assistant coach

External links

• NBA Coach Bio

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Name	Chaney, Don
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Date of birth	March 22, 1946
Place of birth	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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