Anthony Chez

{{Short description|American sports coach and administrator (1872–1937)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Anthony Chez

| image = AWChez.png

| alt =

| caption = Chez pictured in The Monticola, West Virginia yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|1|12}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|12|30|1872|1|12}}

| death_place = near Lewisburg, Ohio, U.S.

| alma_mater = Oberlin (1900)

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1897–1898

| player_team2 = Oberlin

| player_positions =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1900

| coach_team2 = Wabash

| coach_years3 = 1901

| coach_team3 = DePauw

| coach_years4 = 1902–1903

| coach_team4 = Cincinnati

| coach_years5 = 1904

| coach_team5 = West Virginia

| coach_sport6 = Basketball

| coach_years7 = 1902–1904

| coach_team7 = Cincinnati

| coach_years8 = 1904–1907

| coach_team8 = West Virginia

| coach_sport9 = Baseball

| coach_years10 = 1901

| coach_team10 = Wabash

| coach_years11 = 1903–1904

| coach_team11 = Cincinnati

| admin_years1 = 1904–1913

| admin_team1 = West Virginia

| overall_record = 24–20–2 (football)
23–30 (basketball)
20–16–2 (baseball)

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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 27–31. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Wabash in 1901 and Cincinnati from 1903 to 1904, tallying a career college baseball mark of 20–16–2. From 1904 to 1913 Chez served as West Virginia's athletic director.

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.

Late life and death

Chez worked for the YMCA during the World War I period. He died on December 30, 1937, at his home near Lewisburg, Ohio.{{cite news |author= |title=Deaths and Funerals In the Miami Valley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/157059272/ |newspaper=Dayton Daily News |location=Dayton, Ohio |date=January 3, 1938 |page=24 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Wabash

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1900

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1900

| name = Wabash

| overall = 5–4

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| name = Wabash

| overall = 5–4

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = DePauw

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1901

| endyear = single

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| year = 1901

| name = DePauw

| overall = 8–3

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| name = DePauw

| overall = 8–3

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Cincinnati Bearcats

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1902

| endyear = 1903

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| year = 1902

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 4–2–2

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| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 1–8

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| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 5–10–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = West Virginia Mountaineers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1904

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1904

| name = West Virginia

| overall = 6–3

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| name = West Virginia

| overall = 6–3

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 24–20–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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=Basketball=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Cincinnati

| conference = Independent

| startyear = 1902

| endyear = 1904

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1902–03

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 4–4

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 1903–04

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 8–6

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 12–10 ({{Winning percentage|12|10}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = West Virginia Mountaineers

| conference = Independent

| startyear = 1904

| endyear = 1907

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1904–05

| name = West Virginia

| overall = 6–9

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{{CBB yearly record entry

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| season = 1905–06

| name = West Virginia

| overall = 5–4

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1906–07

| name = West Virginia

| overall = 4–8

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 15–21 ({{Winning percentage|15|21}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 27–31 ({{winpct|27|31}})

| legend = no

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