MOE HICKS

Born on January 25, 1965. A Harlem native , attended Rice High School in the 80’s where he finished as the 3rd leading scorer in the schools history averaging 18ppg over a three year period. Moe played his AAU basketball for the prestigious Riverside Church. He was awarded a full athletic scholarship to Loyola University where he led the team to their first NCAA bid in school history.

He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. Moe was drafted in the second round to the Washington Bullets and ended up playing two years of professional basketball in Europe. He began his coaching career in 1992 at Brandeis High School where led the Braves to their first and only PSAL Championship.

In 1994, Moe went back to his alma mater, Rice High School to coach where he compiled a 16 year record of 402-86 and guided the program to five Federation Championships . He became the only coach in New York history to win a championship in both the Public and Catholic School leagues. Hick’s teams captured six NYC Catholic HS Championships and eleven divisional championships. Rice High School was awarded twelve USA today top 10 in the country finishes and 4 of those finishes were top 5 in the country.

In 1999, his squad shared a USA Today National Championship poll with Oak Hill Academy. For his efforts , Coach Moe Hicks was selected CHSAA Coach of the Year seven times and was duly honored tri state coach of the year in 2009. He became the Director at the New New York Gauchos from 2005 -2010. Under his direction, the Gauchos finished the #1 AAU team in the country in 2009.

In 2010-2014, Coach Hicks served as the Director of Basketball Operations at St. John’s University. He is currently the Park Director at Riverbank State Park in Harlem while he still serves as the Director at the New York Gauchos. Moe Hicks has coached New York’s youth for over 25 years and has mentored hundreds of metro area student athletes, and with unprecedented success.

In his tenure he placed well over 120 student athletes in Division 1 universities across the country with a 95 percent college graduation rate. He currently has 17 of his former Rice High School student athletes playing professional basketball in the NBA and internationally abroad.

In April 2016, Coach Hicks was placed in Loyola University Basketball Hall of Fame.