Don Sicko | |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1946 |
Alma Mater: | Wayne State University |
Coach Years1: | 1968–1973 |
Coach Team1: | Archdiocese of Detroit Schools |
Coach Years2: | 1973–1979 |
Coach Team2: | Shrine High School |
Coach Years3: | 1979–1980 |
Coach Team3: | Kent State (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1980–1982 |
Coach Team4: | Michigan (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1982–1987 |
Coach Team5: | Detroit Mercy |
Coach Years6: | 2001–2005 |
Coach Team6: | Notre Dame High School |
Awards: | MCC Coach of the Year (1986) |
Don Sicko (born July 28, 1946) is a former American basketball coach, who was formerly the head coach for the Detroit Mercy Titans.
Sicko started his career coaching at Archdiocese of Detroit Schools as their head coach. From there he would become the head coach for Shrine High School. He then took an assistant coaching job at Kent State for a year, before becoming an assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines. He coached with the Wolverines for two years.[1] On March 4, 1982, he become the head coach for the Detroit Mercy Titans.[2] He coached the Titans for five years, going 57-88 and winning the MCC Coach of the Year in 1986.[3] [4] However, after starting the 1987 season 0–3, Sicko resigned from his head coach position, claiming the reason for him stepping down due to coaching burnout after about years, which included a 7–21 record during the previous season.[5] He would return to coaching in 2001 taking the head coaching job at Notre Dame High School, where he would coach until 2005.[1]