Rick Huckabay

Richard David Huckabay, Sr (November 25, 1945 – March 10, 2006) was an American basketball coach, best known for his years as head coach at Marshall University.

Rick Hackabay
Biographical details
Born(1945-11-25)November 25, 1945
Chicago, Illinois
DiedMarch 10, 2006(2006-03-10) (aged 60)
Shreveport, Louisiana
Alma materLouisiana Tech University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1983LSU (assistant)
1983–1989Marshall
Head coaching record
Overall129–59 (.686)
Tournaments0–3 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (1984)

Huckabay was born in Chicago but later moved with his family to Louisiana where he played high school baseball and basketball. He attended Louisiana Tech University and played baseball. After graduating, he became a high school basketball coach in that state. He then became an assistant coach at the Louisiana State University under Dale Brown.

In 1983 he was hired at Marshall, where he compiled a 129–59 record, including three appearances in the NCAA Tournament and one in the NIT before resigning in 1989 amid an investigation into recruiting.[1]

Following Huckabay's resignation and a divorce, he chose not to seek another college job, but remained in the Huntington, West Virginia area where he held several high school coaching jobs in the city's Ohio suburbs, in order to remain near his two sons.

After his sons reached adulthood, he returned to Louisiana where he was coaching high school basketball when diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Huckabay was inducted posthumously into the Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Marshall Thundering Herd (Southern Conference) (1983–1989)
1983–84 Marshall 25–613–31stNCAA Division I First Round
1984–85 Marshall 21–1312–42ndNCAA Division I First Round
1985–86 Marshall 19–1110–6T–2nd
1986–87 Marshall 25–6*15–11stNCAA Division I First Round
1987–88 Marshall 24–814–21stNIT First Round
1988–89 Marshall 15–156–86th
Marshall: 129–59 (.686)70–24 (.745)
Total:129–59 (.686)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

* The NCAA vacated Marshall's loss in the NCAA Tournament.[2]

References
  1. "Rick Huckabay". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  2. Marshall University Infractions Report . ncaa.org. March 11, 2018.
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