The Ozone is reporting that the Buckeyes have tabbed a replacement for former OSU Assistant Basketball Coach Alan Major. Former Tulane head coach Dave Dickerson will replace Coach Major who received an offer to coach the University of North Carolina at Charlotte several weeks ago.
Dickerson played college ball for Maryland from 85-89. He then began his coaching career as an Assistant at Gardner-Webb soon followed by the same post at James Madison. He then spent 4 years as an assistant at Radford before claiming an Assistant spot at his alma-mater under former OSU head coach Gary Williams. Dickerson coached with the Terapins for 9 years (1996-2005) before finally landing his own head coaching spot with the Tulane Green Wave in ’05.
Dickerson compiled a relatively pedestrian 71-85 record with the Green Wave during his 5 years with the program, including a 31-40 record in Conference USA. In his team’s best season they finished 17-13 and tied for 4th in the conference.
The hiring of Dickerson is a solid move for the Buckeyes given his fantastic experience as an Assistant coach including a National Title run in 2002 with the Terrapins. It has been mentioned that he will open up recruiting along the East Coast and down south a little as well, expanding the Buckeyes sphere of recruiting influence for the future.
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