Phil Dickens

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Phil Dickens
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	c. 1915
Died	November 16, 1983
Playing career
1934–1936	Tennessee
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1939–1941 1942–1943 1945–1946 1947–1952 1953–1956 1958–1964 Basketball 1941–1942	Wofford (backfield) NC State (backfield) Mississippi State (assistant) Wofford Wyoming Indiana Wofford
Head coaching record
Overall	89–68–10 (football) 10–14 (basketball)
Bowls	1–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 5 South Carolina Little Three (1948–1952) 1 Skyline Eight (1956)

Phil Dickens (c. 1915^[1] – November 16, 1983)^[2] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wofford College (1947–1952), the University of Wyoming earning the Rocky Mountain Coach of the year honors in 1955 and 1956 (1953–1956), and Indiana University (1958–1964), compiling a career record of 89–68–10. Dickens was also the head basketball coach at Wofford for one season in 1941–1942, tallying a mark of 10–14.

During his tenure at Indiana, Dickens compiled a 20–41–2 record. His best season came in 1958, where his Hoosiers went 5–3–1, with upset wins over Michigan State, and the Michigan; earning him Big Ten/Midwest Coach of the Year and third place as National Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1974. Dickens attended the University of Tennessee, where he was a third-team All-American in 1936 and All-SEC at halfback.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#
Wofford Terriers (South Carolina Little Three) (1947–1952)
1947	Wofford	6–5
1948	Wofford	4–0–5		1st
1949	Wofford	11–1		1st	L Cigar
1950	Wofford	7–2–1		1st
1951	Wofford	6–3–1		1st
1952	Wofford	6–5		1st
Wofford:		40–16–7
Wyoming Cowboys (Skyline Eight) (1953–1956)
1953	Wyoming	5–4–1	4–2–1	3rd
1954	Wyoming	6–4	5–1	2nd
1955	Wyoming	8–3	5–2	T–3rd	W Sun
1956	Wyoming	10–0	7–0	1st		16
Wyoming:		29–11–1	21–5–1
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1958–1964)
1958	Indiana	5–3–1	3–2–1	5th
1959	Indiana	4–4–1	2–4–1	T–8th
1960	Indiana	1–8	0–7	10th
1961	Indiana	2–7	0–6	9th
1962	Indiana	3–6	1–5	9th
1963	Indiana	3–6	1–5	10th
1964	Indiana	2–7	1–5	T–9th
Indiana:		20–41–2	8–34–2
Total:		89–68–10
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

Controversy

During his time at Indiana University, Dickens was investigated for violations in athletic recruiting. Dickens was hired as the head Football coach at IU in 1957 after his success at Wofford College and Wyoming. Knowing that the Hoosiers were at a recruiting disadvantage, Dickens blatantly disregarded the rules, with reports of seventeen violations by the IU football program in his first three months. Reports stated that the school offered, "$50 per month, or expense-paid travel between the prospects hometown and Bloomington." Although no offenses were consummated, Indiana chose to forbid Dickens from performing any coaching related activities during the 1957 football season. Additionally, Indiana was placed on probation for one year by the NCAA.^[3]

References

External links

Phil Dickens at the College Football Data Warehouse

Wofford Terriers men's basketball head coaches

Chalmers Daniel (1906–1908)
R. G. Bressler (1909)
No team (1909–1915)
L. J. Denning (1915–1916)
Lesley Moses (1916–1919)
Rip Major (1919–1920)
John Gorsuch (1920–1921)
Rip Major (1921–1926)
Captain Lindsay (1926–1927)
Charles Lutz (1927–1930)
Jack Frost (1930–1935)
Roy Robertson (1935–1941)
Phil Dickens (1941–1942)
Ted Petoskey (1942–1946)
Joel Robertson (1946–1958)
Gene Alexander (1958–1977)
Wayne Earhardt (1977–1985)
Richard Johnson (1985–2002)
Mike Young (2002– )

Wofford Terriers head football coaches

Edwin Kerrison (1889)
No coach (1890)
No team (1891–1892)
No coach (1893–1894)
Bill Wertenbaker (1895)
No coach (1896)
No team (1897–1899)
No coach (1900)
J. Norman Walker (1901)
No team (1902–1913)
Curtis McCoy (1914)
Harvey Hester (1915)
Lesley Moses (1916–1917)
Bernard Peters (1918)
Rip Major (1919)
John F. Gorsuch (1920)
Johnny Gilroy (1921)
Rip Major (1922–1926)
Tommy Scaffe (1927–1933)
Jules Carson (1934–1941)
Ted Petoskey (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ted Petoskey (1946)
Phil Dickens (1947–1952)
Conley Snidow (1953–1966)
Jim Brakefield (1967–1970)
Jack Peterson (1971–1973)
Steve Satterfield (1974–1976)
George F. "Buddy" Sasser (1977–1982)
Bill Parker (1983–1984)
Rick Gilstrap (1985–1987)
Mike Ayers (1988–)

Wofford Terriers head baseball coaches

Professor Marshall (1889–1890)
Unknown (1891)
Professor Snyder (1892–1895)
Unknown (1896)
G. M. More (1897–1898)
F. Moffatt (1899–1904)
C. B. Walker (1905–1906)
Unknown (1907)
Martin (1908)
Bressler (1909)
G. A. Beech (1910)
W. P. Medors (1911–1912)
J. A. Chapman, Jr. (1913)
L. K. Brice (1914)
E. F. Lucas (1915)
Lesley Moses (1916–1917)
Unknown (1918)
Brunson (1919)
Rip Major (1920–1926)
Maurice Frew (1927–1929)
Unknown (1930)
No team (1931–1933)
Unknown (1934)
Jack Frost (1935)
No team (1936)
Roy Robertson (1937–1940)
Phil Dickens (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Ted Petoskey (1945–1947)
Wilbur Stevens (1948–1953)
Jim Brakefield (1954–1967)
Todd Heldreth (1968–1969)
Fisher DeBerry (1970)
Bob Ivey (1971–1973)
Buddy King (1974)
Sam Sloan (1975–1976)
Roy L. Suttles (1977–1978)
Billy Weede (1979–1980)
John Daurity (1981–1985)
Mark Line (1986–1995)
Ernie May (1996–1999)
Steve Traylor (2000–2007)
Todd Interdonato (2008– )

Indiana Hoosiers head football coaches

Arthur B. Woodford (1887–1888)
Evans Woollen (1889)
No team (1890)
Billy Herod (1891)
No coach (1892–1893)
Gustave Ferbert & Huddleston (1894)
Winchester Osgood & Wren (1895)
Madison G. Gonterman (1896–1897)
James H. Horne (1898–1904)
James M. Sheldon (1905–1913)
Clarence Childs (1914–1915)
Ewald O. Stiehm (1916–1921)
James P. Herron (1922)
Bill Ingram (1923–1925)
Harlan Page (1926–1930)
Earle C. Hayes (1931–1933)
Bo McMillin (1934–1947)
Clyde B. Smith (1948–1951)
Bernie Crimmins (1952–1956)
Bob Hicks (1957)
Phil Dickens (1958–1964)
John Pont (1965–1972)
Lee Corso (1973–1982)
Sam Wyche (1983)
Bill Mallory (1984–1996)
Cam Cameron (1997–2001)
Gerry DiNardo (2002–2004)
Terry Hoeppner (2005–2006)
Bill Lynch (2007–2010)
Kevin Wilson (2011–)

Wyoming Cowboys head football coaches

Fred Hess (1892)
No team (1893)
Fred Hess & J. F. Soule (1894)
J. F. Soule (1895–1897)
Fred Hess (1898)
J. F. Soule (1899)
William McMurray (1900–1906)
Robert Ehlman (1907–1908)
Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
Leon Exelby (1912)
Ralph Thacker (1913–1914)
John J. Corbett (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
John J. Corbett (1919–1923)
William Henry Dietz (1924–1926)
George McLaren (1927–1929)
John Rhodes (1930–1932)
Willard Witte (1933–1938)
Joel Hunt (1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940)
Bunny Oakes (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bunny Oakes (1946)
Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952)
Phil Dickens (1953–1956)
Bob Devaney (1957–1961)
Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970)
Fritz Shurmur (1971–1974)
Fred Akers (1975–1976)
Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
Pat Dye (1980)
Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
Dennis Erickson (1986)
Paul Roach (1987–1990)
Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
Dave Christensen (2009–2013)
Pete Kaligis # (2012)
Craig Bohl (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Persondata
Name	Dickens, Phil
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	November 16, 1983
Place of death

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