Sean Chambers

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| team = FEU Tamaraws

| position = Head coach

| league = UAAP

| name = Sean Chambers

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| career_start = 1989

| career_end = 2001

| career_number = 20

| career_position = Forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 196

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|02|27}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California

| nationality = American

| high_school = Highlands
(North Highlands, California)

| college =

Cuesta College (1983–1985)
Cal Poly (1985–1987)

| years1 = 1989–2001

| team1 = Alaska Milkmen / Aces

| cyears1 = 2017–2018

| cteam1 = Alaska Aces (consultant)

| cyears2 = 2023–present

| cteam2 = TNT Tropang Giga (player dev't assistant)

| cyears3 = 2024–present

| cteam3 = FEU

| cyears4 = 2024–present

| cteam4 = Philippines (assistant)

| awards =

As player:

6× PBA champion (1991 Third Conference, 1994 Governors', 1995 Governors', 1996 Commissioner's, 1996 Governors', 1997 Governors')
PBA Best Import (1996 Governors')
No. 20 retired by Alaska Aces

}}

Sean Chambers (born February 27, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player, best known for being a resident import of the Alaska Aces basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1989 to 2001.{{cite news |author1=Chuck Araneta |title=Paying it forward: Sean Chambers uses NBA All-Star Weekend to give back to the Philippines |url=http://www.espn.com/basketball/story/_/id/22498435/sean-chambers-uses-nba-all-star-weekend-give-back-philippines |accessdate=25 May 2019 |work=ESPN |date=19 February 2018}}

He formerly served an assistant coach for the TNT Tropang Giga, and now current coach of the FEU Tamaraws.{{Cite web |title=Sean Chambers is the new FEU Tamaraws head coach |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/new-head-coach-sean-chambers-reunites-with-johnny-abarrientos-in-feu-a5172-20240318 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

Early life

Beginning his collegiate career at Cuesta College, Chambers led the Cougars to a 20-11 season as a sophomore, highlighted by averaging 22.8 points per game.{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Don |date=2018-05-01 |title=Greatest athletes on the Central Coast: Sean Chambers |url=https://centralcoastjournal.com/greatest-athletes-on-the-central-coast-sean-chambers |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Central Coast Journal |language=en-US}}

A back-to-back CCAA Player of the Year{{Cite news |last=Ramos |first=Elmer |date=March 2, 1987 |title=Chambers, Parker named all-CCAA |pages=4 |work=Mustang Daily}} and 1986 third-team NABC All-American{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=NABC Division II All-America History |url=https://NABC.com/awards/allamerica/divisionii |website=National Association of Basketball Coaches}} while playing for Cal Poly, Chambers was asked to try out for the United States Athletics team to the 1988 Seoul Olympics but preferred to stick to basketball.

He once held the record in high jump for the Grant Union School District, with a top lifetime clearance of 7 feet, 1.25 inches, which ranked as the country's fourth-leading prep high jump in 1983 (attracting a recruiting offer for track & field from Florida State before he elected to fully play basketball).{{Cite news |last=Hastings |first=Jon |date=January 22, 1985 |title=Cuesta's Chambers has Cougars flying |pages=1B |work=San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune}}

Professional basketball career

Standing 6-foot-2,{{Cite news |last=Wallner |first=Peter J. |date=March 2, 1995 |title=Chambers dribbles through culture shock |pages=C1 |work=San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune}} Chambers went to Manila with the Los Angeles Jaguars to play in the first PBA-IBA World Challenge series. In a sideshow, Chambers topped the special slam dunk competition. He went back the following year with the Jaguars and in 1989 PBA First Conference, he was hired by then Alaska coach Bogs Adornado to replace Carl Lott as their import.{{Cite web |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013/07/20/991421/case-sean-chambers |title=The case for Sean Chambers | Sports, News, the Philippine Star | philstar.com |website=The Philippine STAR |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722013150/http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013/07/20/991421/case-sean-chambers |archive-date=2013-07-22 |url-status=dead }}

In 1991, Chambers led the Alaska Milkmen to their first-ever PBA championship, and finally got an award when he was named only the second recipient of the Mr. 100% award. Norman Black won the award in 1983. For the whole of 1991 PBA season, Chambers averaged 37.7 points in two conferences in a total of 34 games. He played 10 more seasons in the PBA with Alaska, and had the most titles among imports tied with Justin Brownlee, including a grand slam in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/109013/cone-disappointed-as-shoo-in-chambers-fails-to-get-pba-hall-of-fame-nod|title=Cone disappointed as 'shoo-in' Chambers fails to get PBA Hall of Fame nod|first=Mark|last=Giongco|website=Sports.inquirer.net|date=10 July 2013 |accessdate=13 November 2018}}

PBA career statistics

{{Cite web |title=2001 Hardcourt The Official PBA Annual |url=https://pbaannual2001.neocities.org/pba/season/2001/pbaannual/pbaannual2001166 |access-date=March 10, 2023 |website=pbaannual2001.neocities.org}}

= Season-by-season averages =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

1989

|Alaska

|38

|46.7

|.593

|.323

|.707

|15.4

|6.3

|1.5

|1.8

|38.3

1990

|Alaska

|23

|47.5

|.570

|.250

|.708

|12.3

|4.8

|.9

|1.9

|29.9

1991

|Alaska

|34

|47.1

|.548

|.167

|.745

|12.4

|4.3

|.7

|1.8

|37.7

1992

|Alaska

|12

|47.1

|.559

|.000

|.747

|13.8

|6.0

|1.2

|1.9

|39.8

1993

|Alaska

|45.0

|.618

|.000

|.608

|12.4

|3.4

|.4

|.6

|33.4

1994

|Alaska

|23

|45.9

|.556

|.333

|.698

|13.0

|4.3

|1.0

|1.1

|33.8

1995

|Alaska

|25

|47.0

|.589

|.500

|.710

|11.6

|4.5

|.8

|1.0

|31.9

1996

|Alaska

|30

|44.8

|.567

|.000

|.737

|10.8

|4.0

|1.0

|.6

|29.8

1997

|Alaska

|22

|45.7

|.567

|.333

|.642

|11.0

|3.9

|.8

|25.0

1998

|Alaska

|18

|43.9

|.432

|.308

|.652

|10.2

|4.4

|.6

|23.5

1999

|Alaska

|18

|46.6

|.455

|.000

|.696

|10.3

|4.7

|1.2

|.7

|19.1

2000

|Alaska

|11

|44.6

|.453

|.000

|.632

|10.3

|4.5

|1.2

|1.1

|18.9

2001

|Alaska

|11

|46.3

|.402

|.000

|.667

|8.8

|5.3

|.7

|.8

|15.1

colspan="2" |Career

|270

|46.2

|.547

|.268

|.708

|13.0

|4.7

|1.0

|1.2

|30.5

Post-basketball career

= Educational/Academic =

He worked at Fern Bacon Middle School as the Dean of Students.{{Cite web |last=Velasco |first=Bill |date=December 19, 2020 |title=Sean Chambers: Good enough, never is |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2020/12/19/2064872/sean-chambers-good-enough-never-is |access-date=October 22, 2023 |website=Philstar.com}}

= Coaching career =

In 2023, Chambers accepted a position on the coaching staff of the TNT Tropang Giga, specifically in player development.{{Cite web |last=Maningat |first=Raul |date=October 22, 2023 |title=100% committed: Sean Chambers explains joining TNT in PBA return, names favorite teammate ever |url=https://onesports.ph/pba/article/16422/100-committed-sean-chambers-explains-new-role-with-tnt-in-pba-return |access-date=October 22, 2023 |website=onesports.ph |language=en}}

In 2024, Far Eastern University Tamaraws hired him as head coach.{{Cite web |last=Bacnis |first=Justine |date=2024-03-18 |title=FEU names Sean Chambers as head coach |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/feu-names-sean-chambers-as-head-coach/297511 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Tiebreaker Times |language=en-US}} He was later hired by Philippine national basketball team as an assistant coach, reuniting with Tim Cone.{{Cite web |title=Tim Cone shares how they brought in FEU's Sean Chambers as Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach |url=https://onesports.ph/gilas/article/22195/tim-cone-shares-how-they-brought-in-sean-chambers-as-gilas-assistant-coach |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=onesports.ph |language=en}}