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Sport(s)
  
Basketball

Overall
  
326–160

1968–1977
  
Hartwick

Name
  
Roy Chipman

1977–1980
  
Lafayette

Role
  
Basketball Coach

1980–1986
  
Pittsburgh


Roy Chipman Pitt basketball The Roy Chipman Years

Died
  
August 10, 1997, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Leroy "Roy" Chipman (c. 1939 – August 10, 1997) was an American basketball coach.

Roy Chipman Pitt basketball The Roy Chipman Years

Chipman served as Pitt basketball coach from 1980 through 1986. During his six seasons at the University, he posted a record of 102 wins and 76 losses, and captured Eastern 8 Tournament championships in 1981 and 1982.

Under Chipman, Pitt also left the Eastern 8 for the higher-profile Big East Conference in 1982, advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1981, 1982 and 1985, and the National Invitational Tournament in 1984 and 1986.

Players Chipman recruited to Pitt included Curtis Aiken, Demetreus Gore, Jerome Lane and Charles Smith. Smith was the 1988 Big East Player of the Year and Pitt's leading all-time scorer with 2,045.

Chipman died from colon and liver cancer on August 10, 1997.

References

Roy Chipman Wikipedia