Jerry Hines
Jerry Hines (1903-1963)
Teams coached: New Mexico A&M Aggies
New Mexico A&M record: 157-109 (.590)
Overall record: 157-109 (.590)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1939)
- Border Regular Season Champion: 4 (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1938)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
1946-1947 | New Mexico A&M |
1929-1940 | New Mexico A&M |
Jerry Hines Facts
- Gerald H. Hines
- Born 1903
- Died April 28, 1963
- Hometown: Mesilla, New Mexico
- Alma Mater: New Mexico A&M College (BA, 1926)
- Played football (quarterback) and basketball at New Mexico A&M, serving as latter’s team captain under coach R. R. Brown
- Returned to his alma mater, Las Cruces HS (NM), to coach both football and basketball in the late 1920s
- Hired to coach both sports at his other alma mater, New Mexico A&M, in 1929
- Was 157-109 in twelve total seasons with the basketball program, winning four-straight Border titles from 1937-40
- Went 54-36-10 in eleven seasons with the football team, going to the first-ever Sun Bowl in 1935
- Also served as the school’s athletic director from 1929-40 and 1946-47
- His tenures as AD and basketball coach were separated by World War II, during which Hines was a commander in the New Mexico National Guard
- Served in Africa, Sicily and Italy, first called into duty in September 1940 with the 45th Infantry Division
- Inducted into the New Mexico State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Aggie Basketball Ring of Honor in 2009
- Passed away in 1963 at the age of 63 in Albuquerque
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