title: Jim Hickey (American football)
text: # Jim Hickey (American football)
  
  James Benton Hickey (January 22, 1920 – December 27, 1997) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1951 to 1955 and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1959 to 1966, compiling a career college football record of 63–56–4. Hickey was the athletic director at the University of Connecticut from 1966 to 1969.
  
  ## Education and career
  
  Hickey graduated from The College of William & Mary in 1942 and played wingback and tailback on the football team and guard on the basketball team. He was inducted into the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame in 1971. He served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy during World War II. He coached football at Hampden–Sydney College for five years before joining the staff of Jim Tatum at the University of North Carolina in 1956 as an assistant. After Tatum's death in the summer of 1959, he accepted the position of head coach. Hickey was dismissed after the 1966 season and Bill Dooley succeeded him as North Carolina's head coach.
  
  ## Family
  
  Hickey was the son of William and Cora Hickey. He married Agnes Pauline Small Pardue on November 14, 1976, in Sanford, North Carolina. Hickey is buried in Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | $Coaches^#$ |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Mason-Dixon Conference) (1951–1955) ||||||||
  | 1951 | Hampden–Sydney | 4–3–2 | 1–1–2 | 3rd | | |
  | 1952 | Hampden–Sydney | 5–3–1 | 2–1–1 | 2nd | | |
  | 1953 | Hampden–Sydney | 5–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | | |
  | 1954 | Hampden–Sydney | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1st | | |
  | 1955 | Hampden–Sydney | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | | |
  | Hampden–Sydney: | Hampden–Sydney: | 27–11–4 | 12–4–4 | | | |
  | North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1959–1966) ||||||||
  | 1959 | North Carolina | 5–5 | 5–2 | 2nd | | |
  | 1960 | North Carolina | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–6th | | |
  | 1961 | North Carolina | 5–5 | 4–3 | 2nd | | |
  | 1962 | North Carolina | 3–7 | 3–4 | T–4th | | |
  | 1963 | North Carolina | 9–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | W Gator | 19 |
  | 1964 | North Carolina | 5–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | | |
  | 1965 | North Carolina | 4–6 | 3–3 | T–5th | | |
  | 1966 | North Carolina | 2–8 | 1–4 | 8th | | |
  | North Carolina: | North Carolina: | 36–45 | 28–25 | | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 63–56–4 | | | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||||
  | $^#Rankings$ from final Coaches Poll. $^°Rankings$ from final AP Poll. ||||||||
  