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Henry Ciccarone
Ciccarone (left) and assistant Don Zimmerman (right) instruct Johns Hopkins players
Biographical details
BornFebruary 8, 1938
Annapolis, Maryland
DiedNovember 16, 1988 (aged 50)
Cockeysville, Maryland
Playing career
1960–1962Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football
Position(s)Midfielder
Tailback
Coaching career (
Johns Hopkins
Football:
1963–1969Johns Hopkins (asst.)
Head coaching record
OverallLacrosse: 105–16
Basketball: 35–68
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 1978 NCAA National Championship
  • 1979 NCAA National Championship
  • 1980 NCAA National Championship

Henry A. "Chic" Ciccarone (February 8, 1938 – November 16, 1988) was an American college

National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
in 1987.

Early life and college

Ciccarone attended

North/South Collegiate All-Star Game
.

In addition to playing for the lacrosse team, Ciccarone played tailback for the football team, rushing for over 1,000 yards and passing for over 1,000 yards.[1]

Coaching career

Ciccarone began his coaching career in 1963 as an assistant lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins,[5] and continued in that role through 1969.[1] He also served as an assistant football coach during that period,[1] and as the head basketball coach from the 1963–64 season through the 1968–69 season.[6] His basketball teams compiled a 35–68 record.[6]

In 1975, Ciccarone became the head coach of the

NCAA tournament all nine years of his tenure, and to the championship game seven consecutive times from 1977 to 1983.[7] Ciccarone guided the Blue Jays to the NCAA championship in three consecutive seasons, from 1978 to 1980, which made him the first coach to accomplish that feat.[1]

After defeating

Bob Scott and Dave Pietramala, Ciccarone was referred to as "one of the finest coaches in the history of lacrosse."[9]

Don Zimmerman played under Ciccarone in 1975 and 1976,[10] and later served as his assistant coach.[11] Zimmerman took over as Johns Hopkins head coach upon Ciccarone's retirement and led Hopkins to three national championships in his own right.[12]

Later life

In 1983, Ciccarone retired from coaching with a 105–16 career record and entered private business.[13] He became the president of Bestway Distributing Company, where he worked until his death. Ciccarone died of a heart attack on November 16, 1988, at his home in Cockeysville, Maryland, at the age of 50.[13] He was married and had four sons: Brent, Henry Jr., John, and Steve, all of whom also played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins.[14]

The

National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inducted Ciccarone in 1987.[1] The Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 2000.[15]

The Henry Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at the Johns Hopkins Hospital was named in his honor by Dr. Roger Blumenthal, who was an assistant sports information director during Ciccarone's tenure.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Henry A. Ciccarone Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, retrieved July 12, 2010.
  2. ^ 1960 Men's All-Americans (PDF), United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, retrieved July 12, 2010.
  3. ^ 1961 Men's All-Americans (PDF), United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, retrieved July 12, 2010.
  4. ^ 1962 Men's All-Americans, United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, retrieved July 12, 2010.
  5. ISBN 0-8018-8410-1
    .
  6. ^ a b Coaching Records, Johns Hopkins Men's Basketball Record Book, Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
  7. ^ Official 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Lacrosse Record Book (PDF), p. 57, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2008.
  8. ^ a b Nobody Does It Better Than They Do; According to its coach, the team that won Johns Hopkins' 35th national lacrosse title by mauling Maryland is the Blue Jays' best ever, Sports Illustrated, June 4, 1979.
  9. ^ Pietramala, p. 249.
  10. ^ "All-Time Letterwinners", 2009 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Media Guide, p. 108, Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
  11. ^ Pietramala, p. 248.
  12. ^ Zimmerman replaces Ciccarone at Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun, October 4, 1983.
  13. ^ a b Henry Ciccarone, Lacrosse Coach, 50, Associated Press, November 19, 1988.
  14. ^ Pietramala, p. 252.
  15. ^ Hall of Fame Inductees Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame, retrieved July 12, 2010.
  16. ^ Pietramala, p. 255.
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