Legendary Cougar head coach Joel Hicks passes away Saturday morning
Joel Hicks, legendary former head football coach of the Pulaski County Cougars and member of the Virginia High School League Sports Hall of Fame, passed away Saturday morning.
Joel Hicks, legendary former head football coach of the Pulaski County Cougars and member of the Virginia High School League Sports Hall of Fame, passed away Saturday morning.
March 5, 2023 @ 10:52 am
Joel was certainly one fantastic individual who inspired many of a fine football player and athlete. He truly encouraged my daughter to follow her dream and her love for playing football and she took her dream and love to the women’s semi pros. He would always ask about Gena when we seen him and always wanted a report on her accomplishments. Graceful, respectful, and very kind he was and for those qualities alone he had my upmost respect for a coach and a regular guy (however, regular he wasn’t but rare he was). We had not seen Joel out in awhile and actually we had ask around to see how he was doing and no one knew, sad to say. My condolences go out to his family, his many football players, his fans, and his friends. He sure will be missed…