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{{short description|American basketball coach and administrator}}
{{for|the baseball umpire|Ed Hickox (umpire)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ed Hickox
| image = E.J. Hickox, Springfield coach LCCN2014714311.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|4|10}}
| birth_place = [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|1|28|1878|4|10}}
| death_place = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1901–1904
| player_team2 = [[Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football|Ohio Wesleyan]]
| player_position = 
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1905–1906
| coach_team2 = [[Lycoming College|Dickinson Academy (PA)]]
| coach_years3 = 1907
| coach_team3 = [[Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs football|Southwestern Normal (OK)]]
| coach_years4 = 1908–1909
| coach_team4 = [[Fort Collins High School|Fort Collins HS (CO)]]
| coach_years5 = 1910–1911
| coach_team5 = [[Eaton High School (Colorado)|Eaton HS (CO)]]
| coach_years6 = 1922–1923
| coach_team6 = [[Springfield Pride football|Springfield]]
| coach_sport7 = Basketball
| coach_years8 = 1914–1915
| coach_team8 = [[Colorado College Tigers|Colorado College]]
| coach_years9 = 1926–1942
| coach_team9 = [[Springfield Pride men's basketball|Springfield]]
| coach_years10 = 1944–1947
| coach_team10 = [[American International Yellow Jackets men's basketball|American International]]
| overall_record = 6–12–1 (college football)<br>251–106 (college basketball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = Basketball<br>0–1 ([[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA]])
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
| BASKHOF_year = 1959
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
| BASKHOF_id = ed-hickox
}}
'''Edward Junge Hickox''' (April 10, 1878 – January 28, 1966) was an American [[basketball]] coach and administrator. Born in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], he coached the basketball team of [[Springfield College]] from 1926 to 1941, coached the [[American International College]] basketball team from 1944 to 1947, was a chairman of the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1945 to 1948, served on the board of directors of the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] from 1959 to 1966 and was an executive secretary of the Hall of Fame from 1949 to 1963.

Hickox was enshrined in the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] as a contributor in 1959.  He died January 28, 1966, at Springfield Hospital in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=E. J. Hickox Dies, Ex-Basketball Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18353954/hartford_courant/ |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |location=[[Hartford, Connecticut]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 29, 1966 |page=13 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==

===College football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs football|Southwestern Normal Bulldogs]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1907
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1907 college football season|1907]]
 | name         = Southwestern Normal
 | overall      = 0–3–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Southwestern Normal
 | overall    = 0–3–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Springfield Pride football|Springfield Red and White]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1922
 | endyear   = 1923
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
 | name         = [[1922 Springfield Red and White football team|Springfield]]
 | overall      = 6–2
 | conference   = 
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1923 college football season|1923]]
 | name         = [[1923 Springfield Red and White football team|Springfield]]
 | overall      = 0–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Springfield
 | overall    = 6–9
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 6–12–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===College basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Colorado College Tigers]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1914
 | endyear    = 1915
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1914–15
 | name         = Colorado College
 | overall      = 3–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Colorado College
 | overall    = 3–5 ({{Winning percentage|3|5}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       =  [[Springfield Pride men's basketball|Springfield Gymnasts]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1926
 | endyear    = 1942
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1926–27
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 13–1
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1927–28
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 18–2
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1928–29
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 14–3
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1929–30
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 10–7
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1930–31
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 11–6
 | conference   = 
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1931–32
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 10–5
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1932–33
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 9–8
 | conference   = 
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1933–34
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 11–5
 | conference   = 
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1934–35
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 14–6
 | conference   = 
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1935–36
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 17–4
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1936–37
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 18–3
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1937–38
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 13–7
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1938–39
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 12–8
 | conference   = 
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 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1939–40
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 16–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [[1940 NCAA basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1940–41
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 9–11
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1941–42
 | name         = Springfield
 | overall      = 14–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Springfield
 | overall    = 209–85 ({{Winning percentage|209|85}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[American International Yellow Jackets men's basketball|American International Aces]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1944
 | endyear    = 1947
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1944–45
 | name         = American International
 | overall      = 8–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1945–46
 | name         = American International
 | overall      = 21–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1946–47
 | name         = American International
 | overall      = 10–12
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = American International
 | overall    = 39–16 ({{Winning percentage|39|16}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 251–106 ({{Winning percentage|251|106}})
 | legend  = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Basketballhof|ed-hickox}}

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