Ken Trickey

Ken Trickey (1933-2012)

Current position: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, Iowa State Cyclones, Oklahoma City Stars, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Middle Tennessee record: 45-54 (.455)
Iowa State record: 13-40 (.245)
Oklahoma City record: 27-30 (.474)
Oral Roberts record: 214-116 (.648)
Overall record: 299-240 (.555)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1974)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (1974)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  2  (1972, 1973)
• Horizon League Tournament Champion:  1  (1981)
• NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1990)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1987-1993	Oral Roberts
1986-1987	Oklahoma JC
1979-1981	Oklahoma City
1976-1979	Claremore JC
1974-1976	Iowa State
1969-1974	Oral Roberts
1965-1969	Middle Tennessee

Ken Trickey Facts

• Kenneth Franklin Trickey, Sr.
• Born August 30, 1933
• Died December 4, 2012
• Hometown: Cairo, Illinois
• Alma Mater: Middle Tennessee State University (BA, 1954)
• Born in Missouri and raised in Cairo, IL, Trickey played basketball for head coach Bill Stokes at Middle Tennessee
  • Served in the US Army for two years after graduation and then coached at Culver Military Academy (TN)
• Became the head coach at his alma mater, going 45-54 in five seasons at the helm
  • Broke color barriers at MTSU and started the first all-black team in OVC history in 1967
  • Inducted into the Middle Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991
• Left for Oral Roberts in 1969, coaching there for the next five years (his first of two stints at ORU)
  • Reached the program’s first NCAA Tournament in 1974 and advanced to the Elite Eight
  • Trickey also led the Golden Eagles to the NIT in both 1972 and 1973
  • Was incredibly successful during this first stint, going 118-23 over those five years
• Served as the head coach at Iowa State for two seasons, finishing below .500 both years
• Briefly coached at Mount Vernon HS (IL) in 1976 and then coached at Claremore JC (now Rogers State) in OK
• Coached at then-Division I Oklahoma City for two seasons, winning the MW City Tournament in 1981
• Went back to the HS ranks in 1981, coaching at Century HS (IL) near his hometown of Cairo
• Hired to launch the basketball program (and serve as AD) at Oklahoma JC in 1986
• Returned to Oral Roberts a year later, helping the program navigate a temporary move down to NAIA due to violations and financial difficulties that it had been facing
  • Had a 96-93 record in his second stint, finished his overall tenure at ORU in 1993 with a record of 214-116
    • Played in the NAIA Tournament in 1990, reaching the quarterfinals (Elite Eight)
  • Inducted into the ORU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009
• Came out of retirement in 2003 to coach at Muskogee HS (OK) for one year

Ken Trickey Coaching Tree

• Jimmy Earle (Middle Tennessee)