LaMarcus Hicks, Date of Birth

    

LaMarcus Hicks

American football player

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1983

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About LaMarcus Hicks

  • LaMarcus Hicks (born April 15, 1983 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) is a former American football safety.
  • He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2007.
  • He played college football at Iowa State.Hicks in his first-season with the Mean Green had the cornerbacks in record-breaking territory in 2014. North Texas had seven different defensive backs with an interception in 2014, which was a school record for most defensive backs in a single season with at least one pick.
  • Five of those seven were cornerbacks coached by Hicks.
  • Two Mean Green cornerbacks had interceptions returned for touchdowns. Hicks, a defensive back with Iowa State who played professionally with the Detroit Lions, comes to North Texas after spending last season at Concordia University as the defensive backs coach.
  • Hicks played for McCarney at Iowa State for two seasons and earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2005 while leading the conference in interceptions.
  • He earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week twice that season. Hicks spent 2011 and 2012 at Truman High School in Michigan as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.
  • In his first season at Truman in 2011, he helped the Cougars improve 15 points per game in scoring defense.
  • In 2012, Truman went 9-2 and won their second playoff game in school history while allowing only 11.2 points per game.
  • Hicks began coaching in 2010 at Rhodes College as wide receivers coach.
  • Three players at the position were selected as All-SCAC. Prior to coaching, Hicks played professionally for the Detroit Lions at defensive back.
  • He spent two seasons with the Lions.
  • Hicks received his bachelor's degree from ISU in 2006.
  • A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, he and his wife Ashley are the parents of Markia,La’Marcus ll, and two sets of twins, Ashton, Auston, Landon, and Layton Hicks.

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