Nicholas E. Hinch (1869–1961) was a Canadian-American professor of English and an American football and basketball coach. He was an 1898 graduate of the University of Toronto.[1] He was instrumental in founding the English department at State Normal School at Cheney–now known as Eastern Washington University–in Cheney, Washington.[2] Hinch served the head football coach at Cheney Normal in 1908 and 1912, compiling a record of 2–4. He was also the school's head basketball coach for one season, in 1905–06, tallying a mark of 3–6.[3]