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American football coach (1911–1917)

Fred I. Dickerson
Biographical details
Born	(1911-05-06)May 6, 1911 Mars Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	August 21, 2017(2017-08-21) (aged 106) Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	The Lees–McRae Institute (1931) Davidson College (1933) Louisiana State University
Playing career
Football
1929–1930	Lees–McRae
1931–1932	Davidson
Basketball
1929–1930	Lees–McRae
1931–1932	Davidson
Track and field
1929–1930	Lees–McRae
1931–1932	Davidson

Position(s)	Quarterback (football) Center (basketball) Broad jump (track and field)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1935	Lees–McRae
1936–1940	Mars Hill (assistant)
1941	Davis & Elkins
1946–1961	Lees–McRae
Basketball
1939–1940	Mars Hill
1946–1961	Lees–McRae
Track and field
1936–1940	Mars Hill
1941	Davis & Elkins
1946–1961	Lees–McRae

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1933–1936	Lees–McRae
1946–1962	Lees–McRae

Head coaching record
Overall	1–10 (college football) 75–62–16 (junior college football)
Bowls	0–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 NCJCC / CJCC (1948–1950) 6 WCJCC (1951, 1953–1956, 1960) Basketball 3 WCC (1948–1949, 1951) 4 WJCAC (1952–1955) Track and field 2 WJCAC (1955, 1958)

Fred Irvin Dickerson Jr. (May 6, 1911 – August 21, 2017) was an American junior college football coach. He was the head football coach and athletic director for Lees–McRae College from 1933 to 1935 and from 1946 to 1961. He was also the head football coach for Davis & Elkins College in 1941 before enlisting in the military. He also coached for Mars Hill. He played college football, baseball, and track and field for Lees–McRae and Davidson.

Dickerson was awarded letters in football under head coach Dick Flinn while playing for Lees–McRae as a quarterback.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Davis & Elkins Senators (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1941)
1941	Davis & Elkins	1–10	0–3	N/A
Davis & Elkins:		1–10	0–3
Total:		1–10


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Lees–McRae Bulldogs (North Carolina Junior College Conference) (1933–1935)
1933	Lees–McRae	5–3–2	3–2	T–3rd
1934	Lees–McRae	3–6	2–2	4th
1935	Lees–McRae	2–5–1	2–4–1	6th
Lees–McRae Bobcats (North Carolina Junior College Conference / Carolinas Junior College Conference) (1946–1950)
1946	Lees–McRae	0–7–1	0–5–1	7th
1947	Lees–McRae	2–5–2	1–3–2	6th
1948	Lees–McRae	6–1–1	4–0–1	1st
1949	Lees–McRae	9–2–1	4–0–1	1st	L Junior Sugar Bowl
1950	Lees–McRae	7–1–1	5–0	1st	L Golden Isles Bowl
Lees–McRae Bobcats (Western Carolinas Junior College Conference) (1951–1961)
1951	Lees–McRae	4–2	3–2	1st
1952	Lees–McRae	3–3–1	3–3–1	3rd
1953	Lees–McRae	8–2	7–2	1st	L Golden Isles Bowl
1954	Lees–McRae	5–0–3	4–0–2	1st
1955	Lees–McRae	4–3–1	2–1–1	T–1st
1956	Lees–McRae	4–3	2–2	T–1st
1957	Lees–McRae	3–3–1	1–2–1	4th
1958	Lees–McRae	1–5–2	1–4–1	4th
1959	Lees–McRae	1–6–1	1–4–1	4th
1960	Lees–McRae	7–1	6–0	1st
1961	Lees–McRae	1–4–1	1–3–1	4th
Lees–McRae:		75–62–16	51–38–12
Total:		75–62–16
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Baker, Don (September 6, 2017). "Legendary coach Fred I. Dickerson passes". The Avery Journal Times. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
"Lees-McRae Coach". News and Record. April 18, 1933. p. 11. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
"Fred Dickerson Named New Coach At Lees-McRae". The Skyland Post. April 4, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
"Dickerson Chosen Davis-Elkins Coach". Cumberland Evening Times. May 3, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
"Dickerson Named Assistant Grid Mentor At Mars Hill". Asheville Citizen-Times. July 15, 1936. p. 12. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
"Football Squad Of Lees-McRae Are Guests At Banquet". Elizabethton Star. December 20, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

v t e Lees–McRae Bobcats head football coaches
Dick Flinn (1929) Charlie Zimmerman (1930–1931) Don King (1932) Fred I. Dickerson (1933–1935) Johnny Mackorell (1936–1939) No team (1940–1945) Fred I. Dickerson (1946–1961) George Litton (1962–1969) Jim Osborne (1970) Mike Cook (1971–1974) Warren Klawiter (1975) Cole Proctor (1976–1978) Bill Bomar (1979) Soupy Campbell (1980–1985) Mac Bryan (1986–1990) John Pate (1991–1993)

v t e Davis & Elkins Senators head football coaches
C. S. Gribble (1904) W. R. Redden (1905) M. C. Allaben (1906–1907) Redding (1908) Unknown (1909) Cleon Raese (1910–1911) John Brown (1912–1913) Harry E. Whetsell (1914) H. P. Mullenex (1915–1916) No team (1917–1918) Nicholas C. Bowen (1919) Richard Hamill (1920–1921) Armentrout (1922) Cam Henderson (1923–1934) Harry "Bud" Shelton (1935–1940) Fred I. Dickerson (1941) No team (1942–1945) Harvey E. Rooker (1946) Red Brown (1947–1949) John Federovitch (1950–1952) No team (1953–1954) Ronald Knapp (1955–1957) Mel Greer (1958–1959) Ira Blankenship (1960–1961)

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