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Van Chancellor is a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, LSU women’s basketball, professional Houston Comets and the USA National Team. Chancellor served for 10 years as head coach of the Houston Comets from 1997 to 2006. During that time, Chancellor was named the WNBA Coach of the Year three times (1997, 1998, 1999) and he led the Comets to the league's first four championship titles (1997–2000). Under Chancellor, the Comets were the only team in the WNBA to make the playoffs in each of the first seven seasons of the league. His 1998 Houston Comets team holds the record for highest winning percentage in the history of both the NBA and WNBA basketball (27–3, .900). In 2001, Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Chancellor has recorded an unblemished 38–0 record in international competition as head coach of the United States National Team. His teams won first place at the 2002 Opals World Challenge, a gold medal at t