Bill Hicks (American football)
Biographical details | |
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Born | May 16, 1940 |
Playing career | |
1959–1961 | Baylor |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1964–1965 | Texas A&I (line) |
1966–1968 | West Virginia (DL) |
1969–1981 | Baylor (defensive assistant) |
1982–1985 | Howard Payne |
1986–1988 | Texas (defensive assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–29–3 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Bill Hicks (born May 16, 1940) is a former American football player and coach. He was the 15th head football at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for four seasons, from 1982 to 1985, and compiling a record of 8–29–3.[1] As a player, Hicks was an All-Southwest Conference center at Baylor University in 1961, and was named to the Baylor All-Decade team of the 1960s. Hick began his coaching career as an assistant at Texas College of Arts and Industries—now known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville and West Virginia University.[2][3] He returned to the Baylor to coach in 1969 and spent over a decade there as a defensive assistant. He was elected to the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.[4] After leaving Howard Payne, he spent three years on the defensive staff at the University of Texas at Austin.[4][5] He then coached at the high school level in Texas, retiring in 2013.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (Lone Star Conference) (1982–1985) | |||||||||
1982 | Howard Payne | 3–7 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
1983 | Howard Payne | 2–8 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
1984 | Howard Payne | 1–8–1 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1985 | Howard Payne | 2–6–2 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
Howard Payne: | 8–29–3 | 2–21 | |||||||
Total: | 8–29–3 |
References
[edit]- ^ Howard Payne University coaching records Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bill Hicks Joins Baylor Staff". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. January 1, 1969. p. 10. Retrieved August 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Hicks hired at Howard Payne". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. Associated Press. December 18, 1981. p. 11. Retrieved August 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ a b c Hill, Jerry (October 17, 2017). "Hall of Fame 2017 Spotlight: Bill Hicks". BaylorBears.com.
- ^ "In Brief : Texas Football Coach Fires 2 Aides". Los Angeles Times. January 23, 1989.
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