William J. Nicks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William J. Nicks

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1905

Place of Birth: Griffin, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1999

Profession: athletics competitor, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William James Nicks (August 2, 1905 – November 2, 1999) was an American football player and coach.
He coached at historically black colleges in the Southern United States from 1930 to 1965.
Nicks served as the head football coach at Morris Brown College in Georgia (1930–1935, 1937–1939, 1941–1942) and at Prairie View A&M University in Texas (1945–1947, 1952–1965), compiling a career college football record of 192–60–21.
He was the NAIA Football Coach of the Year in 1963 and his teams were declared the black college football national champions six times.
Nicks was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1999.