Ken Trickey
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 30, 1933 Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
| Died | December 4, 2012 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1969 | Middle Tennessee |
| 1969–1974 | Oral Roberts |
| 1974–1976 | Iowa State |
| 1979–1981 | Oklahoma City |
| 1987–1993 | Oral Roberts |
Kenneth Franklin Trickey Sr. (August 30, 1933 – December 4, 2012) was an American basketball coach, best known for his two stints as the head coach for the men's basketball team at Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was especially remembered for ORU's high-scoring "run and gun" teams of the early 1970s, which helped the young, small school attain national attention and competitive success, including a spot in the Elite Eight in the 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. After his death in 2012, the Tulsa World called him "one of the most influential and colorful characters in this state’s basketball history".
Trickey was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and grew up in Cairo, Illinois. He graduated from Cairo High School and then attended Middle Tennessee State University, where he became the school's all-time basketball scoring leader. After graduation he spent two years in the Army, then moved into high school coaching at Culver Military Academy, at Tullahoma High School in Tennessee, and at his alma mater, Cairo High School.
Trickey became head coach at Middle Tennessee State in 1965. He was the first MTSU coach to recruit black players, and in 1967 he had the first all-black starting team in Ohio Valley Conference history. He remained at MTSU until 1969. During his tenure, his teams' overall record was 45-54. He was inducted into MTSU's hall of fame in 1991.
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