James Hickey
James Hickey went 36–45 as a head coach, 1959–1966, at North Carolina. Share
- Record
- 36–45 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1963 9–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | North Carolina | 5–5 | |||
| 1960 | North Carolina | 3–7 | |||
| 1961 | North Carolina | 5–5 | |||
| 1962 | North Carolina | 3–7 | |||
| 1963 | North Carolina | 9–2 | Gator Bowl W | ||
| 1964 | North Carolina | 5–5 | |||
| 1965 | North Carolina | 4–6 | |||
| 1966 | North Carolina | 2–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 38 | 23–15 | 61% |
| Conference games | 53 | 28–25 | 53% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 19–20 | 49% |
| At home | 40 | 21–19 | 53% |
| On the road | 39 | 14–25 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 23–20 | 53% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 13–25 | 34% |
His own 81 games on file, 1959–1966, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earle Edwards 1959–1966 | 5–3 | NC State | 8 | |
| Frank Howard 1959–1966 | 2–6 | Clemson | 8 | |
| Bill Murray 1959–1965 | 4–3 | Duke | 7 | |
| Thomas Nugent 1959–1965 | 3–4 | Maryland | 7 | |
| Marvin Bass 1961–1964 | 4–0 | South Carolina | 4 | |
| William Elias 1961–1964 | 3–1 | Virginia | 4 | |
| Billy Hildebrand 1960–1963 | 2–2 | Wake Forest | 4 | |
| Andy Gustafson 1959–1963 | 1–3 | Miami | 4 | |
| Bowden Wyatt 1959–1961 | 1–2 | Tennessee | 3 | |
| Joe Kuharich 1959–1962 | 1–2 | Notre Dame | 3 |
James Hickey’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| NC Stateseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| Virginiaseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| Dukeseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Wake Forestseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Clemsonseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Marylandseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| South Carolinaseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 5 | 1–4 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bud CarsonGeorgia Tech, Cleveland Browns
- George BarclayLafayette, Washington and Lee, North Carolina
- Vito RagazzoVMI, Shippensburg
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Carson | North Carolina, 1959–64: defensive backs coach | Georgia Tech, Cleveland Browns | |
| George Barclay | North Carolina, 1959–66: assistant coach | Lafayette, Washington and Lee, North Carolina | |
| Vito Ragazzo | North Carolina, 1961–65: assistant coach | VMI, Shippensburg |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.