Sean Chambers

Sean Chambers
FEU Tamaraws
Position	Head coach
League	UAAP
Personal information
Born	February 27, 1965 (age 59); Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school	Highlands; (North Highlands, California)
College	Cuesta College (1983–1985); Cal Poly (1985–1987);
Playing career	1989–2001
Position	Forward
Number	20
Career history
As player:
1989–2001	Alaska Milkmen / Aces
As coach:
2017–2018	Alaska Aces (consultant)
2023–present	TNT Tropang Giga (player dev't assistant)
2024–present	FEU
2024–present	Philippines (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 6× PBA champion (1991 Third Conference, 1994 Governors', 1995 Governors', 1996 Commissioner's, 1996 Governors', 1997 Governors'); PBA Best Import (1996 Governors'); No. 20 retired by Alaska Aces;

Sean Chambers (born February 27, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player, best known for being a resident import of the Alaska Aces basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1989 to 2001.^[1]

He formerly served an assistant coach for the TNT Tropang Giga, and now current coach of the FEU Tamaraws.^[2]

Early life

Beginning his collegiate career at Cuesta College, Chambers led the Cougars to a 20-11 season as a sophomore, highlighted by averaging 22.8 points per game.^[3]

A back-to-back CCAA Player of the Year^[4] and 1986 third-team NABC All-American^[5] while playing for Cal Poly, Chambers was asked to try out for the United States Athletics team to the 1988 Seoul Olympics but preferred to stick to basketball.

He once held the record in high jump for the Grant Union School District, with a top lifetime clearance of 7 feet, 1.25 inches, which ranked as the country's fourth-leading prep high jump in 1983 (attracting a recruiting offer for track & field from Florida State before he elected to fully play basketball).^[6]

Professional basketball career

Standing 6-foot-2,^[7] Chambers went to Manila with the Los Angeles Jaguars to play in the first PBA-IBA World Challenge series. In a sideshow, Chambers topped the special slam dunk competition. He went back the following year with the Jaguars and in 1989 PBA First Conference, he was hired by then Alaska coach Bogs Adornado to replace Carl Lott as their import.^[8]

In 1991, Chambers led the Alaska Milkmen to their first-ever PBA championship, and finally got an award when he was named only the second recipient of the Mr. 100% award. Norman Black won the award in 1983. For the whole of 1991 PBA season, Chambers averaged 37.7 points in two conferences in a total of 34 games. He played 10 more seasons in the PBA with Alaska, and had the most titles among imports tied with Justin Brownlee, including a grand slam in 1996.^[9]

PBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

^[10]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1989	Alaska	38	46.7	.593	.323	.707	15.4	6.3	1.5	1.8	38.3
1990	Alaska	23	47.5	.570	.250	.708	12.3	4.8	.9	1.9	29.9
1991	Alaska	34	47.1	.548	.167	.745	12.4	4.3	.7	1.8	37.7
1992	Alaska	12	47.1	.559	.000	.747	13.8	6.0	1.2	1.9	39.8
1993	Alaska	5	45.0	.618	.000	.608	12.4	3.4	.4	.6	33.4
1994	Alaska	23	45.9	.556	.333	.698	13.0	4.3	1.0	1.1	33.8
1995	Alaska	25	47.0	.589	.500	.710	11.6	4.5	.8	1.0	31.9
1996	Alaska	30	44.8	.567	.000	.737	10.8	4.0	1.0	.6	29.8
1997	Alaska	22	45.7	.567	.333	.642	11.0	3.9	.8	.8	25.0
1998	Alaska	18	43.9	.432	.308	.652	10.2	4.4	.6	.6	23.5
1999	Alaska	18	46.6	.455	.000	.696	10.3	4.7	1.2	.7	19.1
2000	Alaska	11	44.6	.453	.000	.632	10.3	4.5	1.2	1.1	18.9
2001	Alaska	11	46.3	.402	.000	.667	8.8	5.3	.7	.8	15.1
Career		270	46.2	.547	.268	.708	13.0	4.7	1.0	1.2	30.5

Post-basketball career

Educational/Academic

He worked at Fern Bacon Middle School as the Dean of Students.^[11]

Coaching career

In 2023, Chambers accepted a position on the coaching staff of the TNT Tropang Giga, specifically in player development.^[12]

In 2024, Far Eastern University Tamaraws hired him as head coach.^[13] He was later hired by Philippine national basketball team as an assistant coach, reuniting with Tim Cone.^[14]

References

^ Chuck Araneta (19 February 2018). "Paying it forward: Sean Chambers uses NBA All-Star Weekend to give back to the Philippines". ESPN. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Sean Chambers is the new FEU Tamaraws head coach". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
^ Morris, Don (2018-05-01). "Greatest athletes on the Central Coast: Sean Chambers". Central Coast Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^ Ramos, Elmer (March 2, 1987). "Chambers, Parker named all-CCAA". Mustang Daily. p. 4.
^ "NABC Division II All-America History". National Association of Basketball Coaches. 2021.
^ Hastings, Jon (January 22, 1985). "Cuesta's Chambers has Cougars flying". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. pp. 1B.
^ Wallner, Peter J. (March 2, 1995). "Chambers dribbles through culture shock". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. pp. C1.
^ "The case for Sean Chambers | Sports, News, the Philippine Star | philstar.com". The Philippine STAR. Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
^ Giongco, Mark (10 July 2013). "Cone disappointed as 'shoo-in' Chambers fails to get PBA Hall of Fame nod". Sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^ "2001 Hardcourt The Official PBA Annual". pbaannual2001.neocities.org. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ Velasco, Bill (December 19, 2020). "Sean Chambers: Good enough, never is". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ Maningat, Raul (October 22, 2023). "100% committed: Sean Chambers explains joining TNT in PBA return, names favorite teammate ever". onesports.ph. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ Bacnis, Justine (2024-03-18). "FEU names Sean Chambers as head coach". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
^ "Tim Cone shares how they brought in FEU's Sean Chambers as Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach". onesports.ph. Retrieved 2024-06-26.

[1] Chuck Araneta (19 February 2018). "Paying it forward: Sean Chambers uses NBA All-Star Weekend to give back to the Philippines". ESPN. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[2] "Sean Chambers is the new FEU Tamaraws head coach". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

[3] Morris, Don (2018-05-01). "Greatest athletes on the Central Coast: Sean Chambers". Central Coast Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-27.

[4] Ramos, Elmer (March 2, 1987). "Chambers, Parker named all-CCAA". Mustang Daily. p. 4.

[5] "NABC Division II All-America History". National Association of Basketball Coaches. 2021.

[6] Hastings, Jon (January 22, 1985). "Cuesta's Chambers has Cougars flying". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. pp. 1B.

[7] Wallner, Peter J. (March 2, 1995). "Chambers dribbles through culture shock". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. pp. C1.

[8] "The case for Sean Chambers | Sports, News, the Philippine Star | philstar.com". The Philippine STAR. Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

[9] Giongco, Mark (10 July 2013). "Cone disappointed as 'shoo-in' Chambers fails to get PBA Hall of Fame nod". Sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

[10] "2001 Hardcourt The Official PBA Annual". pbaannual2001.neocities.org. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[11] Velasco, Bill (December 19, 2020). "Sean Chambers: Good enough, never is". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[12] Maningat, Raul (October 22, 2023). "100% committed: Sean Chambers explains joining TNT in PBA return, names favorite teammate ever". onesports.ph. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[13] Bacnis, Justine (2024-03-18). "FEU names Sean Chambers as head coach". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

[14] "Tim Cone shares how they brought in FEU's Sean Chambers as Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach". onesports.ph. Retrieved 2024-06-26.

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