Auburn University, Montgomery Men's Basketball

Cheaney took over the helm of the Warhawks after spending the past four seasons as the head coach at Voorhees College in Denmark, S.C. He became just the third mens basketball coach in AUM history, joining Herbert Greene and Larry Chapman. In his first two seasons at the helm of the Warhawks men's basketball program, Cheaney has compiled a 32-27 record.  In 2015-16, guard Desmond Deramus was named SSAC Freshman of the Year, along with Romoane Eager and Reagan Eubanks earning Second-Team All-Conference selections under Cheaney's lead.  The 2015-16 season finish marked the most wins for an AUM men's basketball team since the 2008-09 team finished 27-7. During his tenure, Cheaney led Voorhees to a 72-55 record and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. In his first season with the Tigers, Cheaney helped the team to 16 wins, more than triple the total from the year before. He followed with a 22-9 mark in his second season, helping the team to its first national ranking in more than 10 years. In his third year, he guided Voorhees to a 23-12 record, won the Association of Independent Institutions Conference Tournament and made an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. The Tigers eventually fell to former Southern States Athletic Conference rival and traditional power Lee University. During the 2013-14 season, Voorhees finished 11-18, but picked up a pair of victories against SSAC foe Brewton-Parker and an 89-84 win against Talladega College, which finished No. 11 in the final NAIA Coaches Top 25 Poll. Prior to the four-year stint with the Tigers, Cheaney was an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C., for three years. While with the Blue Bears, he helped recruit seven junior college recruits and four Division I transfers with just three athletic scholarships. Livingstone finished 35-21 during his time on the bench, winning the schools first conference tournament game in more than 10 years and defeating three nationally-ranked teams. The Blue Bears also earned the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Associations highest GPA award among mens basketball programs. Before arriving at Livingstone, Cheaney spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Central Arkansas, where he helped the Bears to consecutive 20-win seasons after the team finished 5-22 the year before his arrival. In his first season UCA finished 20-10, while the team finished 21-6, were Co-Champions of the Southland Conference and ranked first in the region in team defense the following season. In addition, Cheaney has made coaching stops at Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at DePauw University. Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Cheaney was a standout student-athlete at Kentucky Wesleyan University. During his playing career, Cheaney earned the Senior Award as the Panthers outstanding athlete, set the school record for field goal percentage and was named the teams Most Improved Player. Cheaney earned his bachelors degree in criminal justice from Kentucky Wesleyan in 1996. He went on to earn a masters in sports management from Indiana State University.