Gerald H. Hines (1903 – April 28, 1963) was an
American football
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and
basketball
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player, coach and
athletic director
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at
New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (New Mexico A&M), now known as
New Mexico State University
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. Hines led the Aggies to multiple successful football and basketball seasons during the 1930s.
Hines was born in
Mesilla, New Mexico
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During the Civil War, Mes ...
in 1903 with twin brother, Harold, to Dr. Lemuel Hines and his wife, Minnie Hankins. Hines attended Las Cruces Union High School from 1918 to 1922 and
New Mexico A&M from 1922 to 1926. Hines was a captain of the
Aggie basketball team and a
quarterback
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for the
Aggie football team.
Hines became head basketball and football coach at
New Mexico A&M in 1929, and athletics director in 1930. Both teams excelled under Hines. Between 1934 and 1938, football was 31–10–6, and from 1935 to 1940, the basketball team went 102–36. The football team was invited to the first
Sun Bowl
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in 1936 where they tied the
Hardin–Simmons Cowboys, 14–14.
World War II brought an early end to Hines’ coaching career. As a battery commander of the 120th Combat Engineers, a
New Mexico National Guard unit assigned to the
45th Infantry Division, Hines was among the first called to military duty in September 1940. He served honorably in Africa, Sicily, and Italy.
Hines ended his coaching career at NMSU with records of 54–36–10 in football, and 157–109 in basketball. He died in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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in 1963 at age 59.
Hines entered the NMSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970 was inducted into the Aggie Basketball
Ring of Honor
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in 2009.
Head coaching record
Football
Basketball
References
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1903 births
1963 deaths
American football quarterbacks
Guards (basketball)
New Mexico State Aggies athletic directors
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New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball players
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball coaches
High school basketball coaches in New Mexico
High school football coaches in New Mexico
United States Army personnel of World War II
United States Army officers
People from Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Players of American football from New Mexico
American twins
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Basketball coaches from New Mexico
Basketball players from New Mexico
20th-century American sportsmen