Bill Hicks (American football)
American football player and coach (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1940-05-16) May 16, 1940 (age 84) |
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 | |