Born: January 23, 1920
Hometown: Wheeler, MS
Year Induction: 2007
Deceased : January 13, 2010
Wheeler High School (1933-1937)
Sunflower Junior College, Morehead, MS (1937-1939)
Delta State Teacher’s College (1939-1941)
Union Wire Rope, Kansas City, Missouri (1941-1942)
Signed contract with the Sheboygan Redskins (which eventually became part of the NBA), but was drafted into U.S. Army
U.S. Army (1943-1946)
Saltillo High School, basketball coach (1946-1947)
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College, Head basketball coach (1947-1949)
Raymond High School, Head basketball & football coach, principal (1949-1951)
Hinds Junior College, basketball & baseball coach (1951-1970)
Distinguished Service Award, MS Coaches Association (’70)
Troy Ricks’ scholarship established at Hinds CC (‘99)
Delta State Athletic Hall of Fame (1973)
Hinds CC Athletic Hall of Fame (1992)
Copiah-Lincoln CC Athletic Hall of Fame (1995)
National Junior College Coaches Hall of Fame (2011)
Charter member of MS Delta CC Athletic Hall of fame (1999)
Delta State Alumni Coaches Hall of Fame (2002)
Mississippi Community College Hall of Fame (2007)
Ricks was a WWII veteran who emerged from his three years of wartime service in the Pacific Theatre with the rank of Captain, a Bronze Star, a Presidential Citation and two Purple Hearts.
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