Jim Hickey (American football)

Jim Hickey
Hickey pictured in Yackety Yack 1967, North Carolina yearbook Hickey pictured in Yackety Yack 1967, North Carolina yearbook
Born	(1920-01-22)January 22, 1920 Pennsylvania
Died	December 27, 1997(1997-12-27) (aged 77) Southern Pines, North Carolina
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.

Education and career

Hickey graduated from The College of William & Mary in 1942 and played wingback and tailback on the football team and guard on the basketball team. He was inducted into the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame in 1971. He served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy during World War II. He coached football at Hampden–Sydney College for five years before joining the staff of Jim Tatum at the University of North Carolina in 1956 as an assistant. After Tatum's death in the summer of 1959, he accepted the position of head coach. Hickey was dismissed after the 1966 season and Bill Dooley succeeded him as North Carolina's head coach.

Family

Hickey was the son of William and Cora Hickey. He married Agnes Pauline Small Pardue on November 14, 1976 in Sanford, North Carolina. Hickey is buried in Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Mason-Dixon Conference) (1951–1955)
1951	Hampden–Sydney	4–3–2
1952	Hampden–Sydney	5–3–1
1953	Hampden–Sydney	5–1–1
1954	Hampden–Sydney	5–3
1955	Hampden–Sydney	8–1		1st
Hampden–Sydney:		27–11–4
North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1959–1966)
1959	North Carolina	5–5	5–2	2nd
1960	North Carolina	3–7	2–5	T–6th
1961	North Carolina	5–5	4–3	2nd
1962	North Carolina	3–7	3–4	T–4th
1963	North Carolina	9–2	6–1	T–1st	W Gator	19
1964	North Carolina	5–5	4–3	T–3rd
1965	North Carolina	4–6	3–3	T–5th
1966	North Carolina	2–8	1–4	8th
North Carolina:		36–45	28–25
Total:		63–56–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.