Career
He was the head coach at (1948-1954) and (1954-1959), then became a high school administrator. Hodges" coaching career began at West Frankfort High School in West Frankfort, Illinois. He spent one season as the head basketball and track coach at the Missouri School of Mines before returning to his alma mater, Southern Illinois as an assistant basketball and football coach.
Hodges was hired at College in Murray, Kentucky, in the spring of 1948.
His 1950-1951 and 1951-1952 teams finished the year ranked Number. 16 in the years" end Associated Press poll.
His teams twice made the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Men"s Division I Basketball Tournament and was runner up in 1952. Two of Hodges" players at, Bennie Purcell and Garrett Beshear, received All-American honors.
His overall record at was 109–66 (623).
In May 1954, Hodges became head coach at the University of in the Pacific Coast Conference, replacing Chuck Finley, who departed after seven seasons for Mississippi Southern. His starting salary was $7,320, and in his five years in Moscow, Hodges had a 52–77 (403) record with the Vandals and no tournament appearances. His best season was his fourth in 1957-1958, when they were 17–9 (654) and finished fourth in the PCC at 9–7.
He resigned in late April 1959 to become a high school superintendent in Anna, Illinois.
After, Hodges was superintendent at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School for five years, then returned to to teach in 1964, and retired in 1973.
