James Dickey (basketball, born 1954)

For the professional basketball player, see James Dickey (basketball, born 1996).

James Dickey

Biographical details
Born	(1954-04-02) April 2, 1954
Playing career
1972–1976	Central Arkansas
Position(s)	Shooting guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1977	Harding University (asst.)
1977–1979	Harding Academy
1979–1981	Central Arkansas (asst.)
1981–1985	Arkansas (asst.)
1985–1989	Kentucky (asst.)
1990–1991	Texas Tech (asst.)
1991–2001	Texas Tech
2002–2008	Oklahoma State (asst.)
2010–2014	Houston
2014–2016	Oklahoma State (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	230–186 (.553) (college)
Tournaments	2–2 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) 1–1 (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 SWC tournament (1993, 1996) 2 SWC regular season (1995, 1996)
Awards
3× SWC Coach of the Year (1992, 1995, 1996)

James Allen Dickey (born April 2, 1954) is an American college basketball coach and current Senior Advisor of men's basketball at West Virginia University. He was most recently an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University. He previously served as the men's head coach at Texas Tech University from 1991 to 2001, where he led the Red Raiders to the NCAA tournament in 1993 and again in 1996, and at the University of Houston from 2010 to 2014.

Biography

Early years

Dickey attended Valley Springs High School, where he played basketball from 1970 to 1972. He later played for Central Arkansas from 1972 to 1976.

Coaching career

Dickey's best team was the Texas Tech's 1996 unit, which finished 30–2, including an undefeated record in the final season of Southwest Conference play. They won the SWC conference tournament and advanced all the way to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

The Raiders moved to the Big 12 for the 1996–97 season, and appeared to pick up right where they left off with a solid 19–9 season. It was discovered during the inaugural Big 12 basketball tournament, however, that two players had played the entire season while academically ineligible. Hours after the team's first-round game, Texas Tech announced that it was withdrawing from postseason consideration and forfeiting its entire conference schedule. The Raiders had lost that game, and would have had to forfeit it if they had won.

A subsequent investigation revealed massive violations dating back to 1990 in men's basketball and nine other sports (though Dickey himself was not personally implicated). As a result, the NCAA stripped Tech of its two NCAA tournament wins in 1996 and docked it nine scholarships over four years. The lost scholarships were too much for Dickey to overcome, and he tallied four straight losing seasons before being fired in 2001.

He was announced as the head coach of the Houston Cougars on April 1, 2010.

After four seasons and a 64–62 record, Dickey resigned his position as head coach.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Southwest Conference) (1991–1996)
1991–92	Texas Tech	15–14	6–8	5th
1992–93	Texas Tech	18–12	6–8	5th	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Texas Tech	17–11	10–4	T–2nd
1994–95	Texas Tech	20–10	11–3	T–1st	NIT First Round
1995–96	Texas Tech	30–2*	14–0	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16*
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (1996–2001)
1996–97	Texas Tech	19–9	10–6**	12th
1997–98	Texas Tech	13–14	7–9	T–7th
1998–99	Texas Tech	13–17	5–11	11th
1999–00	Texas Tech	12–16	3–13	12th
2000–01	Texas Tech	9–19	3–13	12th
Texas Tech:		166–124 (.572)†	75–75 (.500)
Houston Cougars (Conference USA) (2010–2013)
2010–11	Houston	12–18	4–12	11th
2011–12	Houston	15–15	7–9	T–8th
2012–13	Houston	20–13	7–9	T–7th	CBI Quarterfinal
Houston Cougars (American Athletic Conference) (2013–2014)
2013–14	Houston	17–16	8–10	6th
Houston:		64–62 (.508)	26–40 (.394)
Total:		230–186 (.553)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

*Texas Tech vacated its 1996 NCAA tournament appearance due to ineligible players; official record is 28–1.
**Texas Tech forfeited its entire 1996–97 conference slate due to ineligible players, but Dickey was ruled not to have been affected.
†Official record at Texas Tech is 166–124 (.572) without vacated games.