![]() Ciccarone (left) and assistant Don Zimmerman (right) instruct Johns Hopkins players
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Sport(s) | Lacrosse, basketball, and football |
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Biographical details | |
Born | February 8, 1938 Annapolis, Maryland |
Died | November 16, 1988 (aged 50) Cockeysville, Maryland |
Playing career | |
1960–1962 | Johns Hopkins |
Position(s) | Midfielder |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Lacrosse: | |
1963–1969 | Johns Hopkins (asst.) |
1975–1983 | Johns Hopkins |
Basketball: | |
1963–1969 | Johns Hopkins |
Football: | |
1963–1969 | Johns Hopkins (asst.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | Lacrosse: 105–16 Basketball: 35–68 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Henry A. "Chic" Ciccarone (February 8, 1938 – November 16, 1988) was an American college lacrosse coach. He was the head coach of the lacrosse team at Johns Hopkins University from 1975 to 1983, during which time he amassed a 105–16 record. Ciccarone guided the Blue Jays to three consecutive national championships from 1978 to 1980. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1987.
Ciccarone attended St. Mary's High School and later transferred to the Severn School. He played varsity lacrosse as a midfielder at both institutions, and earned All-State honors in 1956. Ciccarone then attended college at Johns Hopkins University where he continued playing the sport. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association named him to the All-America third team in 1960, the second team in 1961, and the first team in 1962. As a senior in 1962, he served as the team captain and participated in the North/South Collegiate All-Star Game.
Ciccarone began his coaching career in 1963 as an assistant lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins, and continued in that role through 1969. He also served as an assistant football coach during that period, and as the head basketball coach from the 1963–64 season through the 1968–69 season. His basketball teams compiled a 35–68 record.
In 1975, Ciccarone became the head coach of the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team. He led Hopkins to the NCAA tournament all nine years of his tenure, and to the championship game seven consecutive times from 1977 to 1983. Ciccarone guided the Blue Jays to the NCAA championship in three consecutive seasons, from 1978 to 1980, which made him the first coach to accomplish that feat.