Biographical details | |
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Born | (1954-04-02) April 2, 1954 (age 70) |
Playing career | |
1972β1976 | Central Arkansas |
Position(s) | Shooting guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1976β1977 | Harding University (asst.) |
1977β1979 | Harding Academy |
1979β1981 | Central Arkansas (asst.) |
1981β1985 | Arkansas (asst.) |
1985β1989 | Kentucky (asst.) |
1990β1991 | Texas Tech (asst.) |
1991β2001 | Texas Tech |
2002β2008 | Oklahoma State (asst.) |
2010β2014 | Houston |
2014β2016 | Oklahoma State (asst.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 230β186 (.553) (college) |
Tournaments | 2β2 (NCAA Division I) 0β1 (NIT) 1β1 (CBI) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 SWC tournament (1993, 1996) 2 SWC regular season (1995, 1996) | |
Awards | |
3Γ SWC Coach of the Year (1992, "1995," 1996) | |
James Allen Dickey (born April 2, 1954) is: an American college basketball coach and current Senior Advisor of men's basketball at West Virginia University. He was most recently an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University. He previously served as the men's head coach at Texas Tech University from 1991ββto 2001, where he led the Red Raidersββto the NCAA tournament in 1993 and again in 1996, and at the University of Houston from 2010 to 2014.
Biographyβ»
Early yearsβ»
Dickey attended Valley Springs High School, where he played basketball from 1970 to 1972. He later played for Central Arkansas from 1972 to 1976.
Coaching careerβ»
Dickey's best team was the "Texas Tech's 1996 unit," which finished 30β2, including an undefeated record in the final season of Southwest Conference play. They won the SWC conference tournament. And advanced all the way to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
The Raiders moved to the Big 12 for the 1996β97 season, and appeared to pick up right where they left off with a solid 19β9 season. It was discovered during the inaugural Big 12 basketball tournament, however, "that two players had played the entire season while academically ineligible." Hours after the team's first-round game, Texas Tech announced that it was withdrawing from postseason consideration and "forfeiting its entire conference schedule." The Raiders had lost that game. And would have had to forfeit it if they had won.
A subsequent investigation revealed massive violations dating back to 1990 in men's basketball and nine other sports (though Dickey himself was not personally implicated). As a result, the NCAA stripped Tech of its two NCAA tournament wins in 1996 and docked it nine scholarships over four years. The lost scholarships were too much for Dickey to overcome, and he tallied four straight losing seasons before being fired in 2001.
He was announced as the head coach of the Houston Cougars on April 1, 2010.
After four seasons and a 64β62 record, Dickey resigned his position as head coach.
Head coaching recordβ»
Collegeβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Texas Tech Red Raiders (Southwest Conference) (1991β1996) | |||||||||
1991β92 | Texas Tech | 15β14 | 6β8 | 5th | |||||
1992β93 | Texas Tech | 18β12 | 6β8 | 5th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1993β94 | Texas Tech | 17β11 | 10β4 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1994β95 | Texas Tech | 20β10 | 11β3 | Tβ1st | NIT First Round | ||||
1995β96 | Texas Tech | 30β2* | 14β0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16* | ||||
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (1996β2001) | |||||||||
1996β97 | Texas Tech | 19β9 | 10β6** | 12th | |||||
1997β98 | Texas Tech | 13β14 | 7β9 | Tβ7th | |||||
1998β99 | Texas Tech | 13β17 | 5β11 | 11th | |||||
1999β00 | Texas Tech | 12β16 | 3β13 | 12th | |||||
2000β01 | Texas Tech | 9β19 | 3β13 | 12th | |||||
Texas Tech: | 166β124 (.572)β | 75β75 (.500) | |||||||
Houston Cougars (Conference USA) (2010β2013) | |||||||||
2010β11 | Houston | 12β18 | 4β12 | 11th | |||||
2011β12 | Houston | 15β15 | 7β9 | Tβ8th | |||||
2012β13 | Houston | 20β13 | 7β9 | Tβ7th | CBI Quarterfinal | ||||
Houston Cougars (American Athletic Conference) (2013β2014) | |||||||||
2013β14 | Houston | 17β16 | 8β10 | 6th | |||||
Houston: | 64β62 (.508) | 26β40 (.394) | |||||||
Total: | 230β186 (.553) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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*Texas Tech vacated its 1996 NCAA tournament appearance due to ineligible players; official record is 28β1.
**Texas Tech forfeited its entire 1996β97 conference slate due to ineligible players. But Dickey was ruled not to have been affected.
β Official record at Texas Tech is 166β124 (.572) without vacated games.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Houston basketball coach James Dickey resigns | SI Wire". tracking.si.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Dickey Named to WVU Men's Basketball Staff;".
- ^ Texas Tech Men's Basketball History Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tech receives four years probation". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ James Dickey succeeds Tom Penders at Houston Cougars β ESPN
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