Chuck Dickerson

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Chuck Dickerson is a former position coach in the National Football League and Canadian Football League and sports radio host in Buffalo, New York. Currently, he is a regular featured commentator during the Buffalo Bills season.

Dickerson earned All-American honors during his high school and college career as a defensive tackle for the University of Illinois. Personally, he married and has an adult child, several grandchildren, and multiple dogs.

Dickerson was Defensive Lineman Coach under Marv Levy in Buffalo and in the Canadian Football League when Levy coached the Montreal Alouettes. He appeared in two Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXV and Super Bowl XXVI. His contract was not renewed after the 1991-92 season and he began his broadcast career on WGR 550 in 1993, hosting a three hour afternoon drive-time show for almost ten years, leaving the station in 2003. It was speculated in the press that WGR released Dickerson from the station because it wanted to gain the rights to Sabres hockey broadcasts, which it purchased in 2004 along with radio station WNSA.^[1]. Dickerson was replaced by Mike Schopp and Chris "Bulldog" Parker.

Dickerson also appeared on CanWest Global television's Sportsline show in Toronto for several season's as an NFL commentator and betting opinion maker.

His on-air style is similar to hockey's Don Cherry, although with significantly more arrogance. He was known for his blunt and provocative opinions, his general willingness to berate callers he deemed "ignorant" and his open dislike of NHL hockey and the Buffalo Sabres, which ultimately alienated many fans. Dickerson talked hockey during the hockey season but was often unwilling to devote much air time to the off season transactions. This was partly due to his self-admission he did not know the game very well. He often found humorous hockey traditions, such as the uniform being called a 'sweater' and not a 'jersey'. His closing catchphrase, "Who loves ya, baby?" is borrowed from Kojak .

During football season, he hosts The Unofficial, Unauthorized Postgame Show after Bills games and cohosts The Bob Matthews Show Monday evenings on WHAM-AM 1180 in Rochester, New York^[2]. He also hosts The Extra Point Monday mornings on WGR-AM 550 in Buffalo, New York, replacing the fired Brad Riter in 2007 after being a weekly guest since 2005. ^[3]