Anthony Chez
Anthony Wencel Chez (January 12, 1872 – December 30, 1937) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wabash College (1900), DePauw University (1901), the University of Cincinnati (1902–1903), and West Virginia University (1904), compiling a career college football record of 24–20–2. Chez was also the head basketball coach at Cincinnati (1902–1904) and West Virginia (1904–1907), amassing a career college basketball record of 23–30. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Wabash in 1901 and Cincinnati from 1902 to 1904, tallying a career college baseball mark of 20–16–2. From 1904 to 1913 Chez served as West Virginia's athletic director.
 Chez pictured in The Monticola, West Virginia yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1872 Richmond, Iowa |
| Died | December 30, 1937 (aged 65) Harrison, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Oberlin (1900) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1897–1898 | Oberlin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1900 | Wabash |
| 1901 | DePauw |
| 1902–1903 | Cincinnati |
| 1904 | West Virginia |
| Basketball | |
| 1902–1904 | Cincinnati |
| 1904–1907 | West Virginia |
| Baseball | |
| 1901 | Wabash |
| 1902–1904 | Cincinnati |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1904–1913 | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–20–2 (football) 23–30 (basketball) 20–16–2 (baseball) |
Coaching career
Chez was the 13th head football coach at the Wabash College located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and he held that position for the 1900 season. His record at Wabash was 5–4. In 1901, he became head football coach at rival DePauw University, where he led the Tigers to an 8–3 season, including two big wins (32–2, 35–5) over his former employer to the north, Wabash. From 1902 to 1903, he served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, where he compiled a 5–10–2 record. In 1904, he was the head football coach at West Virginia University, where he compiled a 6–3 record.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash (Independent) (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Wabash | 5–4 | |||||||
| Wabash: | 5–4 | ||||||||
| DePauw (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | DePauw | 8–3 | |||||||
| DePauw: | 8–3 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Bearcats (Independent) (1902–1903) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Cincinnati | 4–2–2 | |||||||
| 1903 | Cincinnati | 1–8 | |||||||
| Cincinnati: | 5–10–2 | ||||||||
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | West Virginia | 6–3 | |||||||
| West Virginia: | 6–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 24–20–2 | ||||||||