Anthony Chez | |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1872 |
Birth Place: | Richmond, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Harrison, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Oberlin (1900) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1897–1898 |
Player Team2: | Oberlin |
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) |
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.
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.