Education
Northwest High School.
Northwest High School.
He played college basketball at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A 6"3" swingman from Cincinnati, Ohio, Chappell played college basketball at Robert Morris under coaches Mark Schmidt and Mike Rice. A four-year starter for the Colonials, Chappell led the team to a 24–11 overall record and both regular-season and tournament Northeast Conference (Nippon Electric Corporation) titles.
In the 2009 Nippon Electric Corporation Tournament, Chappell scored 15 points in the final, earning tournament Most Valuable Player honors and sending Robert Morris to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament for the first time in 17 years.
Chappell was not selected in the 2009 National Basketball Association draft, instead heading to Poland to play for Znicz Jarosław. He spent the next three seasons playing in Ukraine for Hoverla and Ferro-ZNTU before moving to Russia to play for Triumph Lyubertsy.
After averaging 10.8 points and 4.2 points per game in VTB United League play in the 2013-2014 season, he signed with Avtodor Saratov for 2014-2015.