| Horace Hendrickson | |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Delphos, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1933 |
| Player Team2: | Duke |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1933–1934 |
| Player Team4: | Duke |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1932–1934 |
| Player Team6: | Duke |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1934–1936 |
| Coach Team2: | Duke (assistant freshmen) |
| Coach Years3: | 1937–1941 |
| Coach Team3: | Elon |
| Coach Years4: | 1942–1947 |
| Coach Team4: | Penn (backfield) |
| Coach Years5: | 1948 |
| Coach Team5: | Brooklyn Dodgers (backfield) |
| Coach Years6: | 1949–1950 |
| Coach Team6: | Duke (freshmen) |
| Coach Years7: | 1951 |
| Coach Team7: | NC State (backfield) |
| Coach Years8: | 1952–1953 |
| Coach Team8: | NC State |
| Coach Sport9: | Basketball |
| Coach Years10: | 1937–1942 |
| Coach Team10: | Elon |
| Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
| Coach Years12: | 1938–1941 |
| Coach Team12: | Elon |
| Coach Years13: | 1944–1948 |
| Coach Team13: | Penn |
| Admin Years1: | 1937–1942 |
| Admin Team1: | Elon |
| Overall Record: | 35–28–1 (football) 95–21 (basketball) 109–56–1 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 2 North State (1938, 1941) |
| Awards: | |
Horace James "Horse" Hendrickson (August 24, 1910 – May 22, 2004) was an American football, basketball and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Elon University from 1937 to 1941 and at North Carolina State University from 1952 to 1953, compiling a career college football record of 35–28–1. From 1937 to 1941, Hendrickson coached at Elon University, where he compiled a 31–12–1 record. His best season came in 1941, when his team went 8–1. For much of the 1940s, he was an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1952 to 1953, he coached at North Carolina State University, where he compiled a 4–16 record.
Hendrickson played football, basketball and baseball at Duke University. He then served as director of athletics at Elon University, and coached football, baseball and basketball from 1937 to 1942.[1] In 1942, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania replacing Howard Odell as the backfield coach on the football team.[2]
Hendrickson was married to Gene Fulton Swartz of Derry, Pennsylvania on June 18, 1938.[3] The couple had two sons: Richard Fulton and James Alva.[4]