| Jerry Hines | |
| Birth Date: | 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Mesilla, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Death Date: | April 28, 1963 (aged 60) |
| Death Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1922–1925 |
| Player Team2: | New Mexico A&M |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1923–1926 |
| Player Team4: | New Mexico A&M |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Guard (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | c. 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team2: | Las Cruces HS (NM) |
| Coach Years3: | 1929–1939 |
| Coach Team3: | New Mexico A&M |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | c. 1927–1929 |
| Coach Team5: | Las Cruces HS (NM) |
| Coach Years6: | 1929–1940 |
| Coach Team6: | New Mexico A&M |
| Coach Years7: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team7: | New Mexico A&M |
| Admin Years1: | 1929–1940 |
| Admin Team1: | New Mexico A&M |
| Admin Years2: | 1946–1947 |
| Admin Team2: | New Mexico A&M |
| Overall Record: | 54–36–10 (college football) 157–109 (college basketball) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–0–1 |
| Tournament Record: | Basketball 2–1 (NAIA) 0–1 (NIT) |
| Championships: | Football 1 Border (1938) Basketball 4 Border (1937–1940) |
Gerald H. Hines (1903 – April 28, 1963) was an American football and basketball player, coach and athletic director at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (New Mexico A&M), now known as New Mexico State University. Hines led the Aggies to multiple successful football and basketball seasons during the 1930s.
Hines was born in Mesilla, New Mexico in 1903 with twin brother, Harold, to Dr. Lemuel Hines and his wife, Minnie Hankins. Hines attended Las Cruces Union High School from 1918 to 1922 and New Mexico A&M from 1922 to 1926. Hines was a captain of the Aggie basketball team and a quarterback for the Aggie football team.
Hines became head basketball and football coach at New Mexico A&M in 1929, and athletics director in 1930. Both teams excelled under Hines. Between 1934 and 1938, football was 31–10–6, and from 1935 to 1940, the basketball team went 102–36. The football team was invited to the first Sun Bowl in 1936 where they tied the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys, 14–14.
World War II brought an early end to Hines’ coaching career. As a battery commander of the 120th Combat Engineers, a New Mexico National Guard unit assigned to the 45th Infantry Division, Hines was among the first called to military duty in September 1940. He served honorably in Africa, Sicily, and Italy.
Hines ended his coaching career at NMSU with records of 54–36–10 in football, and 157–109 in basketball. He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1963 at age 59.
Hines entered the NMSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970 was inducted into the Aggie Basketball Ring of Honor in 2009.[1]