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Dickerson attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California.
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Dickerson had been the assistant coach at University of California, Los Angeles since 1946. He was inducted into the University of California, Los Angeles Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. At University of California, Los Angeles, he lettered in football for three years and rugby for four.
He was also a boxer, and was captain of the 1936 University of California, Los Angeles football team
Dickerson came to University of California, Los Angeles to serve as an assistant coach for Henry Russell Sanders. Sanders died of a heart attack before the 1958 season.
Dickerson was named the head coach. Before the season began, Dickerson had been admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center with nervous exhaustion on August 30.
He returned to coach the Bruins on September 11.
Dickerson coached for three games as head coach, losing to #21 Pittsburgh on September 20, winning at Illinois, then losing 14–0 at Oregon State. William F. Barnes was named acting head coach for the October 10, 1958 game against Florida. Dickerson had been re-admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center late the previous evening suffering from nervous exhaustion.
Three of the assistant coaches from the University of California, Los Angeles"s 1954 national championship season served as head coaches for the Bruins: Dickerson, Barnes, and Tommy Prothro.
