The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 19, 1981, GAMECOCK THURSDAY, Page Page 11, Image 11
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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. "
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ISC in May after serving
ttsburgh, Louisville and Kara
e supervises all sports at UJ5
:ept football and basketball.
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the Dolphins, where he pla>
iromising career in 1972. Afte
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ling his Master of Arts degree
lina, Dickerson served as
Sherrill at Pitt.
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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
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iterested in athletics when n
mother would send him to ol
tie would run the entire tl
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freshman, he naturally y
all in his 10 th-grade year
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n out" a small child by f(
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vas five, but he is against
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"I was mad and really
jmembered. "Ijust knew f
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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."
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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. Even though I go
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