Career
In 1965, she was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Male players coached by the Hoxie program included Ken Angyal, Chuck Brainard, Pancho Castillo, Jerry Dubie, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hetseck, Ted Jax, George Korol, Fred Kovaleski, John Lamerato, Tony Lamerato, Jerry Parchute, Bill Petrick, Dick Potter, and Ray Senkowski. Winning national honors, Hoxie-coached female players included Peaches Bartkowicz, Elaine Lewicki, Joyce Pniewski, Stephanie Prychitko, Phyllis Saganski, and June Stack.
Jean Hoxie, the first woman to coach a Michigan high school boys tennis team, was judged by consensus to be "the most successful tennis coach of teenage players in Michigan history".
She formed and ran successful tennis clinics in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, Canada and the United States. Jean Hoxie was of Polish descent.
The Hoxies" contribution has been summarized as: "If asked to name the dominating force in Michigan tennis history, any person even remotely aware of our sport would undoubtedly arrive at the names of Jean and Jerry Hoxie. Famous tennis clinic pupils included Spanish Chief of State Francisco Franco and United States. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
The Kennedy lessons were given at the White House.
Foreign the three final years of her career, Jean Hoxie taught at the Northwood Institute in Midland, Michigan. On 6 May 1970, she died in a “freak automobile accident” on the Northwood campus. Her remains are buried at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in Troy, Michigan.