Mike Chambers, BA’72

Graduation Year: fall2019

The Saint Mary’s community was saddened to hear of the recent death of alumnus Mike Chambers BA’72. A native of Philadelphia, Mike was recruited to play varsity basketball at Saint Mary’s by the late Coach Les Goodwin. He played for the Huskies from his rookie 1968–69 season to his senior year, 1971–72. In his final season, he was co-captain of a young Huskies squad led by first-year coach Brian Heaney. Coach Heaney was a recent graduate of Acadia University and one of the Axemen’s all-time great players. He and Mike competed against each other in Coach Heaney’s senior year at Acadia. Mike Chambers was a fine player, an excellent teammate, and an all-round popular figure on the Saint Mary’s campus.

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