Jim Hickey (American football)

Jim Hickey
Hickey pictured in Yackety Yack 1967, North Carolina yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1920-01-22)January 22, 1920
Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 27, 1997(1997-12-27) (aged 77)
Southern Pines, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1938–1941William & Mary
Basketball
1940, 1942William & Mary
Position(s)Wingback, tailback (football)
Guard (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1955Hampden–Sydney
1956–1958North Carolina (assistant)
1959–1966North Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1951–1955Hampden–Sydney
1966–1969Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall63–56–4
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Virginia Little Six/Seven (1952–1953, 1955)
2 Mason-Dixon (1953–1954)
1 ACC (1963)
Awards
ACC Coach of the Year (1963)

James Benton Hickey (January 22, 1920 – December 27, 1997) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1951 to 1955 and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1959 to 1966, compiling a career college football record of 63–56–4. Hickey was the athletic director at the University of Connecticut from 1966 to 1969.[1]

  1. ^ "Jim Benton Hickey" (obituary). Raleigh, North Carolina: The News & Observer, December 28, 1977, p. 33 (subscription required).