# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-chancellor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:18:25.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-chancellor"
name: "Van Chancellor"
slug: "van-chancellor"
description: "Van Winston Chancellor is an American former college and professional basketball coach. He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, Louisiana State University women's basketball, and the professional Houston Comets. He was named head coach of the Lady Tigers on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. In 2001, Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was enshrined as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2007. Chancellor is an analyst for Southland Conference games on ESPN3."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coachvan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.654288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Ченселлор, Ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "فان تشانسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Chancellor"
    title: "Van Chancellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Chancellor"
    title: "Van Chancellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Chancellor"
    title: "Van Chancellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Chancellor"
    title: "Van Chancellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Chancellor"
    title: "Van Chancellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Chancellor"
    title: "Van Chancellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump