Ron Dickerson, Jr. is in his second season at UWF, joining the program in March 2022 as Director of Football Operations and Wide Receivers coach. Dickerson, who has nearly 25 years of coaching experience, including two as a Division I head coach and six as a coordinator, has been promoted to Offensive Coordinator by head coach Kaleb Nobles.
In 2022, the Argonauts’ receiver corps averaged 207.9 yards per game on 178 receptions. The group of 13 receivers, three running backs and a tight end combined for 35 touchdowns and a school-record 16.4 yards per reception. David Durden earned First Team All-America honors from the AFCA and Associated Press, while being voted First Team All-Gulf South Conference as both a wide receiver and a punt returner.
Dickerson spent the 2019 season as the Assistant Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator at Jackson State. While there, he developed the weekly game plan and coached the Tigers' wide receivers.
He worked for two seasons at Morgan State from 2017-18 where he developed the top special teams units in the MEAC and ranked in the top 5 nationally in blocked kicks as the Associate Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator.
Dickerson was the head coach at Gardner-Webb from 2011-12 where he compiled a 7-15 record before serving as the Offensive Coordinator at Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Ala. from 2014-17.
He coached under Houston Nutt at Mississippi for four seasons from 2007-10, developing two All-Americans and four All-SEC wide receivers. The Rebels finished second in the SEC West twice and won a pair of Cotton Bowl Classics in Jan. 2009 and 2010.
He got his start as a position coach working with running backs in six seasons at Louisiana-Monroe and Missouri State from 2002-07.
Dickerson obtained some professional coaching experience with the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2000-02, coaching running backs and special teams.
He started his coaching career under his father, Ron Dickerson, at Alabama State in 1997 as the Run Game Coordinator.
Dickerson had a strong collegiate and professional playing career as a running back and kick return specialist. Following a four-year career in football and track at Arkansas, he spent two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with the Philadelphia Eagles. Dickerson then played two years with NFL Europe, playing for the London Monarchs and Scottish Claymores, winning the NFL Europe Championship in 1996 with the Claymores.
He received his Bachelor's Degree in Recreational Education from the University of Arkansas in 1996.
