Jim Haney
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1949 (age 67–68) |
| Playing career | |
| 1967–1971 | Penn |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1972 | Oregon (GA) |
| 1972–1978 | Oregon (asst.) |
| 1978–1983 | Oregon |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1983–1985 | Metro Conference (asst. commissioner) |
| 1985–1988 | MVC (commissioner) |
| 1988–1992 | PCAA/Big West (commissioner) |
| 1992–present | NABC (executive director) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 53–82 (.393) |
Jim Haney (born c. 1949) was the head basketball coach at the University of Oregon in Eugene for five seasons, from 1978 to 1983.
Haney starred in basketball in Pennsylvania at Mt. Lebanon High School southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1967.
After considering Cornell and Rutgers, he played college basketball under head coach Dick Harter in the Ivy League at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he majored in chemical engineering. He sat out his freshman season after two surgeries for a dislocated kneecap, then played three seasons for the Quakers. He was voted the team's "most inspirational" player as a senior, as Penn won its first 28 games before falling in the Elite Eight to Philly neighbor Villanova. Haney earned a B.S.Ch.E. degree from Penn in 1971.
When Harter was hired at Oregon 1971, Haney chose coaching over engineering and became a graduate assistant on the Ducks' staff, and was elevated to assistant coach the next year. Harter was known for his "Kamikaze Kids" defense, and led the Ducks for seven seasons. When he left for Penn State in State College in 1978, Haney was promoted in March at age 29. His first contract as head coach was for three years at $29,000 per year.
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