Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Guy Plumb Wicks (June 8, 1902 – January 16, 1968) was a college basketball coach and university administrator. He also coached baseball and football.Born in Eustis, Nebraska, Wicks moved with his family to the Palouse region of northern Idaho. He graduated from Moscow High School and the University of Idaho, also in Moscow, where he played baseball for the Vandals. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1925, he coached multiple sports at the high school level in nearby Genesee for two years, back at Moscow for three, and up at North Central in Spokane for one.Wicks moved to Pocatello in 1931 to become assistant athletic director and head basketball coach at the University of Idaho's Southern Branch (today's Idaho State University), then a two-year school. With the departure of Felix Plastina, Wicks became its athletic director in 1935 and also head football coach, posting a 29-17-1 (.628) record in six seasons. After a decade, Wicks returned to Moscow in 1941 to coach basketball and baseball for the Vandals. During World War II, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, then returned to coach at Idaho. Wicks later worked in the athletic department and then in university administration, as the associate dean of students.Following his retirement from the university in 1966, he worked for the Sigma Nu fraternity. While in Atlanta to visit the chapter at Emory University, he fell ill and died in early 1968 at the university hospital. Wicks had battled chronic lymphatic leukemia since 1960.. }
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- Guy_Wicks abstract "Guy Plumb Wicks (June 8, 1902 – January 16, 1968) was a college basketball coach and university administrator. He also coached baseball and football.Born in Eustis, Nebraska, Wicks moved with his family to the Palouse region of northern Idaho. He graduated from Moscow High School and the University of Idaho, also in Moscow, where he played baseball for the Vandals. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1925, he coached multiple sports at the high school level in nearby Genesee for two years, back at Moscow for three, and up at North Central in Spokane for one.Wicks moved to Pocatello in 1931 to become assistant athletic director and head basketball coach at the University of Idaho's Southern Branch (today's Idaho State University), then a two-year school. With the departure of Felix Plastina, Wicks became its athletic director in 1935 and also head football coach, posting a 29-17-1 (.628) record in six seasons. After a decade, Wicks returned to Moscow in 1941 to coach basketball and baseball for the Vandals. During World War II, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, then returned to coach at Idaho. Wicks later worked in the athletic department and then in university administration, as the associate dean of students.Following his retirement from the university in 1966, he worked for the Sigma Nu fraternity. While in Atlanta to visit the chapter at Emory University, he fell ill and died in early 1968 at the university hospital. Wicks had battled chronic lymphatic leukemia since 1960.".