Curry Hicks
Curry Hicks as athletic director at UMass Amherst
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 17, 1885 Enfield, New York |
| Died | February 28, 1964 (aged 79) Tucson, Arizona |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1910 | Michigan State Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–5–1 (.083) |
Curry Starr Hicks (January 17, 1885 – February 28, 1964) was an American football coach, athletic director, and professor of physical education in the United States.
Hicks was born in January 1885 at Enfield, New York. At the time of the 1900 U.S. Census, he was listed as a student, and as the son of Samuel Hicks and Fannie Hicks of Hamlin, Michigan. He enrolled at Michigan Agricultural College (now known as Michigan State University) but left the school due to lack of money. He worked for a time as a math teacher and high school principal.
Hicks later enrolled at Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He received a bachelor's degree in physical education from the school in 1909. In 1909, he attended Amherst College on a Hitchcock Fellowship before returning to the Michigan State Normal School. He was the head college football coach for the Michigan State Normal Normalites (now called the Eastern Michigan University Eagles) for the 1910 season. His coaching record at Eastern Michigan was 0 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie. As of the conclusion of the 1910 season, this ranks him #37 at Eastern Michigan in total wins and #36 at the school in winning percentage (.083).
In 1911, after receiving a degree from Michigan State Normal College, Hicks was hired as the athletic director at Massachusetts Agricultural College (now known as University of Massachusetts Amherst) in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was the school's first Director of Athletics and Student Health and held the post for 38 years until his retirement in 1949. During his time as athletic director, he led a construction program of $400,000 worth of athletic facilities, including Alumni Field and the physical education building that was completed in 1931. The latter building was renamed the Curry Hicks Physical Education Building (also commonly known as the "Curry Hicks Cage") in June 1941. In his official biography, the UMass Library states:
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