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Ex-E By JOHN : m Becoming an athletic dire former Miami Dolphin Ron D Dickerson, assistant athlet revenue sports, came to I | assistant football coach at Pil State. As athletic director h< including women's sports, ex< The 32-year-old native of defensive back at Kansas Sts a fifth-round draft pick by \ A 1 ^ ^ * I 1 !_?- - 1 - unui a oroKerv leg umsnea a p three-tyear-; coaching stint i Louisville for four years, earr Administration. Prior to coming to Caro assistant coach under Jackie Dickerson said, "Becomin | goal of mine for several year: a sudden popped up. "My last year at Louisvill administration," he added. " I Off ! Keg [| Delicatei j 25<t off "Bully Be | (roast beef [ I lettuce, to [j Rosewood lO" 7! ! This Coupor TWO FRE i | ^ ' > A ! f'? o~<r. 1t;v i^ji P WE RESERVE I USEOFINVAL rr~tTrmiiiii iiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiirhW'iiHi LC ? | Relax,! _ Er 1 S TT.nfor a ??<< rj JLJI1 WA ? V. world of The atmosp ? the perfect set cocktails! And v offers a variety will enjoy. Pi Discover Jul it's the kind of rest [ ] want to come bn 1325 Garner Lane 5900 Garner's Ferry ^ Open every Hay ? I lolphi NY BOGGS Lsacitet ctor is a dream come true ickerson. ic director at Carolina for n< ISC in May after serving ttsburgh, Louisville and Kara e supervises all sports at UJ5 :ept football and basketball. : Coraopolis, Pa. was a si ite, graduating in 1971, and v the Dolphins, where he pla> iromising career in 1972. Afte 1 l^oncao lin ttrnnf A * IIUIIOCIO U l? tV^ , 11^ YT V* 11 V ling his Master of Arts degree lina, Dickerson served as Sherrill at Pitt. ig athletic director ho . beer s. It wasn't something that al e, I was out of coaching and When I accepted the positior 25< O' Nails ssenS Lounge our famous ef Sandwich'' , provalone cheese. mato, spices S oil) & Kilbourne Rd. 25< i97 i Is Good For ;e games T k A '0 ^ E?p?re ? v V V# Wn Nov. 3C 198 GAME ROOB WUUUniLly MALI RIGHT TO LIMIT IDATEPASS^ lave Fun, ?oy !w wonaeriui excitement. here is different tin# for your favorite t hat food! The menu ' that all the family )pular prices, too. lie's Place soon aurant that makes you ick a^ain and ajrain. rvwi.. -7QQ-nAtiSL vy\jiuiiu/ia - i i/u nut* Rd. Columbia 783-4211 Lunch, Dinner, Cocktail* i ggggfefr i? IN llH^lf^ Ill l#IVM Pitt I told Jackie Sherrill I woi coaching position, but if an admi available I would jump on it." for Dickerson said he first became in he was eight or nine years old. His an" a store a few blocks away and ! as distance His parents would be she Jas would take him to come back. "i actually didn't get into organ veal's old in Ponv Leatrue baseball ' tar Then, as a 6-3 1/2 high school 'as played basketball. He started footb re<* and track when he was a junior. r a He tjeli^ves that you can "bur f? making him 'start sports too early * *n Jr., has played baseball since he \ him playing midget football. an Dickerson said of his son: "H portance of academics. Being a co 1 a seen a lot of athletes that couldn't f 1 ?* of poor grades). "I put a little more emphasis I in a a % 1?" area, nesiaiea. 1 a* Probably one of the most disap] | Happy Hour 1 / How about a drink J I ( at Miss Kitty's? if % G, 11 | 933 Main 7] I ! irson nldn't leave for another s( Liusirative ottice Decame pi iterested in athletics when n mother would send him to ol tie would run the entire tl >cked at the short time it F ized sports until I was 12 h. >? freshman, he naturally y all in his 10 th-grade year ii n out" a small child by f( . His 10-ygar-old son, Ron d vas five, but he is against tl e also knows of the imach and in recruiting, I've p *et in the college (because n ? on my children in that a pointing times in Dickerill Nope. I spend my Happy\ Hours at Kinko's. Copies \ for 3 V a - 4 . I Mon.-Thurs. 5-7pm. J 799-3807 1 Six of the best ta Love mi's life was when he rofessional football. "I was mad and really jmembered. "Ijust knew f f things happened to me a lat turned my life around. The first thing was "when lorida, my wife was in D< ad no time to feel sorry for i "Secondly, I was very for ears and I had something tc "The third thing was my nportant in my life and I kr )r my life. At that ipomei ecided to let'Him guide me Dickerson said he has bee le sport, but added he did it "The only thing I miss s layers," he said. "The ot liss." He explained, "I don't mi nd the aggrevation you fe< WZLD Welcomes rGeorg? and Th 50/50 T< r a /?. . | DU Mai k 10 p.m., Sa 1 Townshi 2 Chesapeake RHUli Cont Cc USC Student Tickets I Non-Student Tickets Lamm 2?_ ikL ?uii?* inui '^ERLANC THE EXCEP s Job broke his leg while playing felt bad at that moment," he ootball was my life, but a couple t the same time I broke my leg I was laying in Mercy Hospital in inver, Colo, having my son, so I myself." tunate to get my degree in four > fall back on after the injury, faith in God," he said. "He was lew He had a direction and a plan at I gave Him my own life and everyway." sn out of football too long to miss liss one thing about it. incerely is the contact with the her aspects of coaching I don't iss the butterflies before a g-*me ;1 when losing. 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