Hickey also served as the head football coach at Creighton in 1934, tallying a mark of 2–7.

After retiring from coaching, Hickey managed the American Automobile Association headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana.

He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Hickey died of a heart attack on December 5, 1980, in Mesa, Arizona.

Conference tournament champion [2][3][4] # denotes interim athletic director