Johnnie Hicks

Johnnie L. Hicks Jr was recently hired as the Thaddeus Stevens College's head football coach, and will start with the upcoming 2024 season.

Hicks started at the college's football program in 2021, working with corner backs and kickoff teams. A year later, he was promoted to defensive line coach and special teams coordinator. In 2023 he earned the title of assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.

In every year since he started, the Thaddeus Stevens College Bulldogs football team has won the Seaboard Conference Championship.

Hicks is a former Susquehanna Township High School starter who played all four years of high school. During three of those years, he was named an all-conference selection on both sides of the ball. In 1993, he went on to play in the 36th Big 33 Football Classic against Ohio, which Pennsylvania won 36-6.

He is also a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he started all four years and earned the honor of Defensive Lineman of the Year twice. He was also named an academic All-American in 1995. Hicks moved on to earn a spot on the practice squad for the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Commanders and played professional arena football with the Albany Firebirds in 1999.

Hicks came back to Susquehanna Township High School in 1999 to work as a defensive line coach and later served as the coach for Bishop McDevitt High School in 2009. Hicks was able to help McDevitt win six district championships.