Metropolitan Houston Chapter

Chevron Retirees Association

​June 2014

​Van Chancellor

Door Prizes


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Van Chancellor has enjoyed success at many coaching positions at all levels of basketball from Middle School to the WNBA. In his first five years of professional coaching, Van Chancellor raised the standard of excellence within the arena of women’s basketball. After being named the Head Coach and General Manager of the WNBA’s Houston franchise on April 29, 1997, Chancellor guided the Comets to the first four WNBA Championships.

Born September 27, 1943, in Louisville, Mississippi, chancellor and his wife, Betty, live in Houston and have two children, John and Renee, and four grandsons.

The coach entertained us with stories about his coaching career. Check out the video using the
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