Chick Davies

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)