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John Chaney by the numbers, a Hall of Fame coach and mentor

He was the two-time national coach of the year, produced 16 NBA players and went to even more NCAA Tournaments. Not bad for being at a school that was never in a power-5 conference.

John Chaney, center, embraces Terence Stansbury, who was a third-team All-America honoree by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1984 and Chaney's first great player at Temple.
John Chaney, center, embraces Terence Stansbury, who was a third-team All-America honoree by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1984 and Chaney's first great player at Temple.Read moreFile photograph

Some key numbers compiled by Temple coach John Chaney, who passed away on Friday.

1 – Wins all-time among Temple coaches.

2 – National coach of the year awards (1987, 1988).

6 – Atlantic 10 Conference tournament championships.

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7 – Atlantic 10 regular-season championships.

9 – Players to win Atlantic 10 player of the year: Terence Stansbury, Granger Hall, Nate Blackwell, Tim Perry, Mark Macon, Aaron McKie, Eddie Jones, Marc Jackson, and Pepe Sanchez.

16 – NBA players to play at Temple under Chaney, most notably Eddie Jones, Tim Perry and current Owls coach Aaron McKie.

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17 – NCAA Tournament appearances during an 18-year stretch (1984-01) while at Temple, including five trips to the Elite 8. Shame he never got to the Final Four.

21 – Games Temple played during Chaney’s tenure against UMass while John Calipari was the Minutemen’s coach. The most infamous was an Owls’ loss in 1994 when Chaney went after Calipari during a postgame news conference.

741 – Number of wins as a college head coach that puts him at No. 31 all-time. Just below Phog Allen, and just above Jerry Tarkanian. Chaney won 516 games at Temple, and 225 at Cheyney State, including the 1978 Division II championship.

1951 – Year he was the Markward Club’s Public League player of the year as a senior at Ben Franklin. The Catholic League POY was La Salle High’s Tom Gola. Both went on to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

2001 – Year Chaney was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame. His class included Moses Malone and Mike Krzyzewski. (Gola went into the HOF in 1976.)

2005 – Chaney’s lowest moment was sending Nehemiah Ingram into a 2005 game to intentionally commit hard fouls. St. Joseph’s forward John Bryant sustained a fractured arm and missed two weeks. Chaney served a five-game suspension.

2021 – Chaney passed away on Jan. 29, 2021 at age 89.