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====== Eddie Hickey ====== | ====== Eddie Hickey ====== | ||
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- | ===== Personal Biography ===== | ||
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- | **Birthdate: | + | **Birthdate: |
**Birth Place:** Reynolds, Nebraska\\ | **Birth Place:** Reynolds, Nebraska\\ | ||
- | **Death: | + | **Death: |
**Nickname: | **Nickname: | ||
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===== Coaching Career ===== | ===== Coaching Career ===== | ||
- | Career Record: | + | If you had to pick two new names for Edgar S. " |
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+ | In April of 1958, Hickey was hired to take over and attempt to rejuvenate the dwindling basketball fortunes at Marquette. | ||
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+ | If by " | ||
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+ | Winning games and receiving tournament bids are old hat for Hickey. | ||
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+ | He continued his winning ways at the Bluejay helm until 1947, when he moved over to [[Saint Louis]]. | ||
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+ | In his first season at [[Saint Louis]], he recorded a 24-3 mark and climaxed the season by winning the NIT tournament. | ||
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+ | At the time of his retirement, Hickey' | ||
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^University^ Years^ Record^ | ^University^ Years^ Record^ | ||
- | |Creighton | 1934-1943 and 1946-1947 | 133-72 | | + | |[[Creighton]] | 1934-1943 and 1946-1947 | 133-72 | |
- | |St Louis | 1947-1958 | 211-89 | | + | |[[St Louis]] | 1947-1958 | 211-89 | |
- | |Marquette | 1958-1964 | 92-70 | | + | |[[Marquette]] | 1958-1964 | 92-70 | |
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+ | == Accolades == | ||
+ | *1948 NIT Championship ([[Saint Louis]]) | ||
+ | *1949 Cotton Bowl Championship ([[Saint Louis]]) | ||
+ | *1950 Sugar Bowl Championship ([[Saint Louis]]) | ||
+ | *1952 Sugar Bowl Championship ([[Saint Louis]]) | ||
+ | *1959 US Basketball Writes Coach of the Year | ||
+ | *1979 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee | ||
+ | *Credited with developing the modern three-lane fast break, in which the player with the ball heads down the middle of the floor toward the basket, flanked by two wing men. | ||
+ | *First coach to take three different schools to the NCAA tournament | ||
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+ | === In Six Seasons Ed Hickey Recruited === | ||
+ | *Three 1,000+ Point Scorers | ||
+ | *Four 500+ Rebounders | ||
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- | * Named 1959 US Basketball Writes Coach of the Year | ||
- | * Enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 | ||
- | * Won NIT Championship with St Louis in 1948 | ||
- | * Won the 1949 Cotton Bowl Championship with St Louis | ||
- | * Won the 1950 and 1952 Sugar Bowl Championships with St Louis | ||
- | * Credited with developing the modern three-lane fast break, in which the player with the ball heads down the middle of the floor toward the basket, flanked by two wing men. | ||
- | * The first coach to take three different schools to the NCAA tournament | ||
===== Post-Coaching ===== | ===== Post-Coaching ===== |