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John Brickels

  • Position Football
  • Custom1 1996
  • Custom2 A 1930 graduate of Wittenberg, where he earned All-Ohio honors in football, Brickels began his coaching career at New Philadelphia High School from 1930 to 1938. He served as assistant football and basketball coach for two years, then as head football coach for six. He later moved to West Virginia, where he coached Huntington High School’s basketball team from 1938 to 1944. His teams reached the state tournament four times, played in the finals twice, and won the title in 1944. He also led state championship teams in football and track. After serving as head basketball coach at West Virginia University during the 1944-45 season, he began coaching at Miami in 1949 and served as the university’s athletic director from 1950 to 1964.

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