The thing with coach Hicks is that he coached EVERYTHING. Basketball, football, baseball and track. Coaches of that time everywhere did that. Their contributions left deeper lifelong effects on the players at the school for that reason. I don't think there is any doubt that coach Mance has been much more successful on the field as Richlands' football coach than coach Hicks was as a football coach. But I think it is safe to say that coach Hicks left a much greater footprint on Richlands simply because he was such as great person and the young men spent so much time with him.