Ohio State is hiring former associate coach Dave Dickerson from USC Upstate

Nov 25, 2022; Charleston, South Carolina, USA; USC Upstate Spartans head coach Dave Dickerson directs his team against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the first half at Colonial Life Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports

Ohio State has dipped into its past to provide support for its future.

The Buckeyes are hiring former associate head coach Dave Dickerson as a part of new head coach Jake Diebler’s coaching staff. Dickerson has been the head coach at USC Upstate for the past six seasons after having spent seven seasons at Ohio State as first an assistant and then associate head coach under Thad Matta from 2010-17.

He provides an experienced presence on the bench and a link to some of the program’s most successful years. The Buckeyes made the 2012 Final Four, the 2013 Elite Eight and the 2010 and 2011 Sweet 16s with Dickerson on staff.

“Dave Dickerson is a respected, veteran coach and I am excited that he is rejoining the Ohio State family,” Diebler said in a statement. “He was not only a part of some of the most successful teams in Ohio State history, but he also brings head coaching experience that will be invaluable as we continue to take the next step as a program.”

Diebler is in the process of filling out his coaching staff for next season. Dickerson has more than 20 years of coaching experience including tenures at both Tulane and USC Upstate as a head coach. While at Tulane, Dickerson helped oversee a Green Wave program that was decimated by Hurricane Katrina and went 68-84 overall and 31-47 in Conference USA.

He then joined Matta’s staff in 2010 and was associate head coach for his final six years with the Buckeyes. While on staff, he coached Jon Diebler, Jake’s younger brother and now director of recruiting at Butler.

He was not retained when Matta was fired and accepted the USC Upstate job in…

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Author : The Columbus Dispatch

Publish date : 2024-03-25 17:15:39

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