Career
Blaney played high school basketball at Saint Peter"s Preparatory School in Jersey City. After playing basketball at the College of the Holy Cross during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the 6"1" Blaney spent one season with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. In 1967-1968 he served as head coach at Stonehill College and Dartmouth College 1969-1971.
From 1972 to 1994, he served as head coach of Holy Cross, compiling a 357-276 overall record.
He then became head coach at Seton Hall University, where he led the team to the National Institute of Technology twice before being fired following the 1996-1997 season. In 2000, he began serving as an assistant head coach at the University of Connecticut.
Blaney, while filling in for Jim Calhoun, made history at UConn on January 23, 2010 when UConn defeated the Number. 1 ranked University of Texas Longhorns 88-74.
Blaney also filled in for Calhoun for 11 games in the 2011-2012 season.
He is credited with the first three games of the 2011-2012 Big East Conference season, when Calhoun sat out a conference-imposed suspension for recruiting violations. He also served as interim coach throughout February 2012, when Calhoun went on medical leave. Those eight games, however, are credited to Calhoun.
Blaney announced his retirement on June 13, 2013.
