Don Sicko

Last updated
Don Sicko
Current position
Record57–88 (.393)
Biographical details
Born (1946-07-28) July 28, 1946 (age 78)
Alma mater Wayne State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1973 Archdiocese of Detroit Schools
1973–1979 Shrine High School
1979–1980 Kent State (assistant)
1980–1982 Michigan (assistant)
1982–1987 Detroit Mercy
2001–2005 Notre Dame High School
Head coaching record
Overall57–88 (.393)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
MCC Coach of the Year (1986)

Don Sicko (born July 28, 1946) is an American former basketball coach, who was formerly the head coach for the Detroit Mercy Titans.

Coaching career

Sicko started his career coaching at Archdiocese of Detroit Schools as their head coach. From there he would become the head coach for Shrine High School. He then took an assistant coaching job at Kent State for a year, before becoming an assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines. He coached with the Wolverines for two years. [1] On March 4, 1982, he become the head coach for the Detroit Mercy Titans. [2] He coached the Titans for five years, going 57-88 and winning the MCC Coach of the Year in 1986. [3] [4] However, after starting the 1987 season 0–3, Sicko resigned from his head coach position, claiming the reason for him stepping down due to coaching burnout after about 5+12 years, which included a 7–21 record during the previous season. [5] He would return to coaching in 2001 taking the head coaching job at Notre Dame High School, where he would coach until 2005. [1]

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References

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