page_title: Eddie Hickey
hierarchical_section_title: Eddie Hickey
caption_attribution_description: English: Marquette University Basketball coach Eddie Hickey in 1961
context_page_description: Edgar S. Hickey was a basketball and American football coach. He coached basketball at his alma mater of Creighton University, St. Louis University and Marquette University, compiling a 429–230 record. Hickey also served as the head football coach at Creighton in 1934, tallying a mark of 2–7. After retiring from coaching, Hickey managed the American Automobile Association headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Hickey died of a heart attack on December 5, 1980 in Mesa, Arizona.
context_section_description: Edgar S. Hickey (December 20, 1902 – December 5, 1980) was a basketball and American football coach. He coached basketball at his alma mater of Creighton University (1935–1943, 1946–1947), St. Louis University (1947–1958) and Marquette University (1958–1964), compiling a 429–230 record.  Hickey also served as the head football coach at Creighton in 1934, tallying a mark of 2–7.  After retiring from coaching, Hickey managed the American Automobile Association headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana.  He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.  Hickey died of a heart attack on December 5, 1980 in Mesa, Arizona.
caption: Hickey from the 1961 “Hilltop”
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