Biographical details | |
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Born | Pennsylvania, U.S. | January 22, 1920
Died | December 27, 1997 Southern Pines, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 77)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1938–1941 | William & Mary |
Basketball | |
1940, 1942 | William & Mary |
Position(s) | Wingback, tailback (football) Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1951–1955 | Hampden–Sydney |
1956–1958 | North Carolina (assistant) |
1959–1966 | North Carolina |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1951–1955 | Hampden–Sydney |
1966–1969 | Connecticut |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 63–56–4 |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 Virginia Little Six/Seven (1952–1953, 1955) 2 Mason-Dixon (1953–1954) 1 ACC (1963) | |
Awards | |
ACC Coach of the Year (1963) | |
James Benton Hickey (January 22, 1920 – December 27, 1997) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1951 to 1955 and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1959 to 1966, compiling a career college football record of 63–56–4. Hickey was the athletic director at the University of Connecticut from 1966 to 1969.[1]