Biographical details | |
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Born | 1869 Canada |
Died | 1961 | (aged 91–92)
Alma mater | Toronto (1898) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908 | Cheney Normal |
1912 | Cheney Normal |
Basketball | |
1905–1906 | Cheney Normal |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–4 (football) 3–6 (basketball) |
Nicholas E. Hinch (1869–1961) was a Canadian-American professor of English and an American football and basketball coach. He was an 1898 graduate of the University of Toronto.[1] He was instrumental in founding the English department at State Normal School at Cheney–now known as Eastern Washington University–in Cheney, Washington.[2] Hinch served the head football coach at Cheney Normal in 1908 and 1912, compiling a record of 2–4. He was also the school's head basketball coach for one season, in 1905–06, tallying a mark of 3–6.[3]