Bernard "Peck" Hickman (October 5, 1911 – February 20, 2000) was an American basketball player and coach.

He attended Central City High School where he played basketball for head coach George Taylor.

[6] In 1956 his team was placed on two years probation, to include bans on postseason play, by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.

From 1954 to 1967, Hickman doubled as head coach and athletic director, a position he would hold full-time until his retirement in 1973.

One of Hickman's last acts as athletic director was to hire UCLA assistant coach Denny Crum, who would lead the program to two NCAA titles and six final fours en route to the College Basketball hall of fame.

82 percent of his players graduated, and was the second basketball coach in Kentucky to break the color barrier in 1962 by recruiting Eddie Whitehead, and Wade Houston.