{{Short description|American football coach and educator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox college coach | name = Herbert Cheney | image = Herbert_Cheney.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|6|6}} | birth_place = Barnstable, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|1|13|1873|6|6}} | death_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | alma_mater = Ohio Wesleyan (AB, 1895)<br/>Harvard (AM, 1899) | coach_years1 = 1902–1903 | coach_team1 = Idaho State | overall_record = 5–1–1 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Herbert Denison Cheney'''{{efn|Online records for Idaho State University spell his surname both as Cheney and Chaney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://isubengals.com/sports/2014/3/9/FB_0309145742.aspx?id=160 |title=Year by Year Results |website=isubengals.com |publisher=Idaho State University Athletics |accessdate=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://isubengals.com/sports/2014/3/19/FB_0319143909.aspx?id=164 |title=Coach Records |website=isubengals.com |publisher=Idaho State University Athletics |accessdate=January 7, 2022}}</ref>}} (June 6, 1873 – January 13, 1931) was an American football coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at the Academy of Idaho—now known as Idaho State University–from 1902 to 1903, compiling a record of 5–1–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://isubengals.com/documents/2011/8/30/media_guide.pdf?id=516|title=2011 Football Media Guide|publisher=Idaho State Bengals|year=2011|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>
Cheney was an 1895 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and earned his master's degree in ancient and modern languages from Harvard University in 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVE_AQAAMAAJ|title=Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates|publisher=Harvard University|year=1915|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhFOAAAAMAAJ|title=Harvard Alumni Directory|publisher=Harvard Alumni Association|year=1919|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> As of September 1918, Cheney was teaching at Gooding College and living in Gooding, Idaho, with his wife, Edna.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/557550842 |title=Draft Registration Card |publisher=Selective Service System |via=fold3.com |url-access=subscription |date=September 1918 |accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref> He had two daughters and two sons. Cheney died on January 13, 1931, after being struck by an automobile in Tacoma, Washington, while on his way to teach night classes at the College of Puget Sound.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92099337/auto-kills-teacher-at-cps/ |title=Auto Kills Teacher at C.P.S. |newspaper=The News Tribune |location=Tacoma, Washington |page=1 |date=January 14, 1931 |accessdate=January 8, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Academy of Idaho Bantams | conf = Independent | startyear = 1902 | endyear = 1903 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1902 | name = Academy of Idaho | overall = 5–0 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1903 | name = Academy of Idaho | overall = 0–1–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Academy of Idaho | overall = 5–1–1 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 5–1–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave|179036115}} * [https://cdm16942.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16942coll10/id/66/rec/20 1902 Academy of Idaho football team photograph] via oclc.org (Cheney in back row)
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