Ed Hickox | |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1878 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1901–1904 |
Player Team2: | Ohio Wesleyan |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1905–1906 |
Coach Team2: | Dickinson Academy (PA) |
Coach Years3: | 1907 |
Coach Team3: | Southwestern Normal (OK) |
Coach Years4: | 1908–1909 |
Coach Team4: | Fort Collins HS (CO) |
Coach Years5: | 1910–1911 |
Coach Team5: | Eaton HS (CO) |
Coach Years6: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team6: | Springfield |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1914–1915 |
Coach Team8: | Colorado College |
Coach Years9: | 1926–1942 |
Coach Team9: | Springfield |
Coach Years10: | 1944–1947 |
Coach Team10: | American International |
Overall Record: | 6–12–1 (college football) 251–106 (college basketball) |
Tournament Record: | Basketball 0–1 (NCAA) |
Baskhof Year: | 1959 |
Cbbaskhof Year: | 2006 |
Baskhof Id: | ed-hickox |
Edward Junge Hickox (April 10, 1878 – January 28, 1966) was an American basketball coach and administrator. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he coached the basketball team of Springfield College from 1926 to 1941, coached the American International College basketball team from 1944 to 1947, was a chairman of the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1945 to 1948, served on the board of directors of the Basketball Hall of Fame from 1959 to 1966 and was an executive secretary of the Hall of Fame from 1949 to 1963.
Hickox was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1959. He died January 28, 1966, at Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1]