Herbert Denison Cheney (June 6, 1873 â January 13, 1931) was an American football coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at the Academy of IdahoâÂÂnow known as Idaho State UniversityâÂÂfrom 1902 to 1903, compiling a record of 5âÂÂ1âÂÂ1.
Cheney was an 1895 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and earned his master's degree in ancient and modern languages from Harvard University in 1899. As of September 1918, Cheney was teaching at Gooding College and living in Gooding, Idaho, with his wife, Edna. He had two daughters and two sons. Cheney died on January 13, 1931, after being struck by an automobile in Tacoma, Washington, while on his way to teach night classes at the College of Puget Sound.