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