Dave Dickerson
Dave Dickerson (born March 29, 1967)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Ohio State Buckeyes (Head coach: Jake Diebler)
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Teams coached: Tulane Green Wave, USC Upstate Spartans
Tulane record: 68-84 (.447)
USC Upstate record: 65-117 (.357)
Overall record: 133-201 (.398)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2023)
- CIT/TBC Appearances: 1 (2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Ohio State (asst) |
| 2018-2024 | USC Upstate |
| 2011-2017 | Ohio State (assoc. HC) |
| 2010-2011 | Ohio State (asst) |
| 2005-2010 | Tulane |
| 1996-2005 | Maryland (asst) |
| 1992-1996 | Radford (asst) |
| 1991-1992 | James Madison (asst) |
| 1990-1991 | Gardner-Webb (asst) |
Dave Dickerson Facts
- Dave Dickerson, Jr.
- Born March 29, 1967
- Hometown: Olar, South Carolina
- Alma Mater: University of Maryland (BA, 1989)
- Played at Maryland for head coaches Lefty Driesell and Bob Wade, serving as team captain his senior year
- Started his coaching career in 1990, spending one year each as an assistant at Gardner-Webb (under Jim Johnson) and James Madison (under Driesell), then four years under Ron Bradley at Radford
- Returned to Maryland in 1996, serving as a Terps assistant under Gary Williams for nine years
- Was the head coach at Tulane for five seasons, going 68-84 overall during that tenure
- Spent seven years on Thad Matta‘s staff at Ohio State, one year as an assistant and the rest as associate head coach
- Worked during the 2017-18 NBA season as a scout with the Utah Jazz, coached by Quin Snyder
- In March 2018, Dickerson was hired as the new head coach at USC Upstate
- Went 65-117 in six seasons with two postseason appearances (2022 TBC & 2023 CBI)
- Left USC Upstate in March 2024 to return to Ohio State and become an assistant under new head coach Jake Diebler
Dave Dickerson Coaching Tree
- Steve Prohm (Murray State, Iowa State)
- Benjy Taylor (Tuskegee, Hawaii, Chicago State)