Edgar "Eddie" Hickey
Alma Mater:
Class of:
1927
Hometown:
Sioux City, IA, and Spalding, NE
- Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978
- Named USBWA national coach of the year in 1959
- Coached St. Louis to NIT title in 1948. Reached NIT semifinals with Creighton in 1942 (3rd) and Marquette in 1963 (3rd)
- St. Louis' all-time winningest coach
- Served in U.S. Navy during World War II
- Final Top 20 Rankings (eight: AP/UPI)--1949 (3), 1951 (10/11), 1952 (5/7), 1953 (NR/16), 1955 (20/18), 1956 (NR/16), 1957 (10/10) and 1959 (20/15)
- All-Americans (five): Creighton's Ed Beisser (1943), St. Louis' Dick Boushka (1955), Ed Macauley (1948 and 1949) and Ray Steiner (1952) and Marquette's Don Kojis (1961).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935-36 | 13-6 | 8-4 | T-1st | |||
1936-37 | 11-9 | 8-4 | 2nd | |||
11-14 | 7-7 | 4th | DNP | |||
11-12 | 7-7 | 5th | DNP | |||
11-9 | 8-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
18-7 | 9-3 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-5 | 9-1 | T-1st | NIT (2-1) | |||
19-2 | 10-0 | 1st | NIT (0-1) | |||
19-8 | 7-5 | 4th | DNP | |||
24-3 | 8-2 | 2nd | NIT (3-0) | |||
22-4 | 8-2 | 2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
17-9 | 8-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
22-8 | 11-3 | T-2nd | NIT (1-1) | |||
23-8 | 9-1 | 1st (MVC) NCAA | /NIT (0-1) | |||
16-11 | 5-5 | T-2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
14-12 | 4-6 | 4th | DNP | |||
20-8 | 8-2 | T-1st | NIT (1-1) | |||
18-7 | 8-4 | T-2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
19-9 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-2) | |||
16-10 | 9-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
23-6 | NCAA (1-2) | |||||
13-12 | DNP | |||||
16-11 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
15-11 | DNP | |||||
20-9 | NIT (2-1) | |||||
5-21 | DNP |
- 26-Year Coaching Record: 435-231 (.653) overall
- 132-72 (.647) in nine years at Creighton
- 211-89 (.703) in 11 years at St. Louis
- 92-70 (.568) in six years at Marquette
- 163-71 (.697) in Missouri Valley Conference (73-35 with Creighton/90-36 with St. Louis)
- 3-7 (.300) in NCAA Tournament
- 9-9 (.500) in NIT