Chick Davies (1900-1985)
Teams coached: Duquesne Dukes
Duquesne record: 314-106 (.748)
Overall record: 314-106 (.748)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1940)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1940)
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1940)
- NIT Appearances: 0 (1940, 1941, 1947)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1924-1948 | Duquesne |
Chick Davies Facts
- Charles Robinson Davies
- Born March 1900
- Died April 15, 1985
- Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Duquesne University (BA, 1921)
- Born in New Castle, PA, Davies attended Duquesne and played basketball for the Dukes and head coach Rev. E.N. McGuigan
- Served in the United State Navy during World War I
- Also coached at Homestead HS in Pittsburgh, leading the team two PA State Championships
- Davies had dropped out of Homestead HS as a freshman to get a job and support his family
- Played semi-professional basketball during his coaching career, spending time with the Pittsburgh Morrys and Butler Bruin Oils
- Davies spent 24 years as the head coach at his alma mater, going 314-106 overall in a tenure that took place mostly before the start of the current NCAA Tournament and NIT events
- The Dukes actually played in both tournaments in 1940, reaching the NCAA Final Four and finishing as NIT Runner-up
- Appeared in the NIT again in both 1941 and 1947; finished with a 3-4 postseason record (1-1 NCAA, 2-3 NIT)
- Only had one sub-.500 season throughout his tenure, during which Duquesne was not a member of a formal conference
- Inducted into the Duquesne Athletic Hall of Fame in 1963, and again in 1968 along with the full 1940-41 “Iron Dukes” team
- Passed away after a long illness in 1985 at the age of 85
Chick Davies Coaching Tree
- Paul Birch (Fort Wayne Pistons, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Youngstown Bears)
- Red Manning (Duquesne)
- Ed Melvin (Toledo, St. Bonaventure)
- Dudey Moore (La Salle, Duquesne)
