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{{Short description|American football coach (1911–1917)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Fred I. Dickerson
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|5|6}}
| birth_place = [[Mars Hill, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|8|21|1911|5|6}}
| death_place = [[Asheville, North Carolina]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Lees–McRae College|The Lees–McRae Institute]] (1931)<br/>[[Davidson College]] (1933)<br/>[[Louisiana State University]]
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1929–1930
| player_team2 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats football|Lees–McRae]]
| player_years3 = 1931–1932
| player_team3 = [[Davidson Wildcats football|Davidson]]
| player_sport4 = Basketball
| player_years5 = 1929–1930
| player_team5 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats men's basketball|Lees–McRae]]
| player_years6 = 1931–1932
| player_team6 = [[Davidson Wildcats men's basketball|Davidson]]
| player_sport7 = Track and field
| player_years8 = 1929–1930
| player_team8 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats|Lees–McRae]]
| player_years9 = 1931–1932
| player_team9 = [[Davidson Wildcats|Davidson]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]] (football)<br/>[[Center (basketball)|Center]] (basketball)<br/>[[Long jump|Broad jump]] (track and field)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1933–1935
| coach_team2 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats football|Lees–McRae]]
| coach_years3 = 1936–1940
| coach_team3 = [[Mars Hill Lions football|Mars Hill]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1941
| coach_team4 = [[Davis & Elkins Senators football|Davis & Elkins]]
| coach_years5 = 1946–1961
| coach_team5 = Lees–McRae
| coach_sport6 = Basketball
| coach_years7 = 1939–1940
| coach_team7 = [[Mars Hill Lions men's basketball|Mars Hill]]
| coach_years8 = 1946–1961
| coach_team8 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats men's basketball|Lees–McRae]]
| coach_sport9 = Track and field
| coach_years10 = 1936–1940
| coach_team10 = [[Mars Hill Lions|Mars Hill]]
| coach_years11 = 1941
| coach_team11 = [[Davis & Elkins Senators|Davis & Elkins]]
| coach_years12 = 1946–1961
| coach_team12 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats|Lees–McRae]]
| admin_years1 = 1933–1936
| admin_team1 = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats|Lees–McRae]]
| admin_years2 = 1946–1962
| admin_team2 = Lees–McRae
| overall_record = 1–10 (college football)<br/>75–62–16 (junior college football)
| bowl_record = 0–3
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football<br/>3 [[Carolinas Junior College Conference (1940s)|NCJCC / CJCC]] (1948–1950)<br/>6 [[Western Carolinas Junior College Conference|WCJCC]] (1951, 1953–1956, 1960)<br/>Basketball<br/>3 [[Western Carolina Conference|WCC]] (1948–1949, 1951)<br/>4 [[Western Carolina Junior College Athletic Conference|WJCAC]] (1952–1955)<br/>Track and field<br/>2 [[Western Carolina Junior College Athletic Conference|WJCAC]] (1955, 1958)
| awards =
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}}
'''Fred Irvin Dickerson Jr.''' (May 6, 1911 – August 21, 2017)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Don |date=September 6, 2017 |title=Legendary coach Fred I. Dickerson passes |url=https://www.averyjournal.com/avery/legendary-coach-fred-i-dickerson-passes/article_87ed84c2-03e4-59c6-be2f-0dbaae9cb696.html |access-date=October 17, 2024 |work=The Avery Journal Times}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 18, 1933 |title=Lees-McRae Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-lees-mcrae-coach/157033449/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |work=News and Record |pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1946 |title=Fred Dickerson Named New Coach At Lees-McRae |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-skyland-post-fred-dickerson-named-ne/157182139/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |work=The Skyland Post |pages=10}}</ref> He was also the head football coach for [[Davis & Elkins College]] in 1941 before enlisting in the military.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1941 |title=Dickerson Chosen Davis-Elkins Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/cumberland-evening-times-dickerson-chose/157182181/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |work=Cumberland Evening Times |pages=5}}</ref> He also coached for [[Mars Hill Lions football|Mars Hill]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 15, 1936 |title=Dickerson Named Assistant Grid Mentor At Mars Hill |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-dickerson-named/157181171/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |pages=12}}</ref> He played college football, [[baseball]], and [[track and field]] for [[Lees–McRae Bobcats|Lees–McRae]] and [[Davidson Wildcats|Davidson]].
Dickerson was awarded letters in football under head coach [[Dick Flinn]] while playing for [[Lees–McRae Bobcats football|Lees–McRae]] as a [[quarterback]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 20, 1930 |title=Football Squad Of Lees-McRae Are Guests At Banquet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/elizabethton-star-football-squad-of-lees/157180961/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |work=Elizabethton Star |pages=6}}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Davis & Elkins Senators football|Davis & Elkins Senators]]
| conf      = [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1941
| endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
| name         = Davis & Elkins
| overall      = 1–10
| conference   = 0–3
| confstanding = N/A{{#tag:ref|Did not qualify for conference standings|group="n"|name=DNQ}}
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Davis & Elkins
| overall    = 1–10
| confrecord = 0–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 1–10
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
| legend   = no
}}
===Junior college football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats football|Lees–McRae Bulldogs]]
| conf      = [[North Carolina Junior College Conference]]
| startyear = 1933
| endyear   = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1933 college football season|1933]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 5–3–2
| conference   = 3–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1934 college football season|1934]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 3–6
| conference   = 2–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1935 college football season|1935]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 2–5–1
| conference   = 2–4–1
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats football|Lees–McRae Bobcats]]
| conf      = [[Carolinas Junior College Conference (1940s)|North Carolina Junior College Conference / Carolinas Junior College Conference]]
| startyear = 1946
| endyear   = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1946 junior college football season|1946]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 0–7–1
| conference   = 0–5–1
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1947 junior college football season|1947]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 2–5–2
| conference   = 1–3–2
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1948 junior college football season|1948]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 6–1–1
| conference   = 4–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1949 junior college football season|1949]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 9–2–1
| conference   = 4–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     = Junior Sugar Bowl
| bowloutcome  = L
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1950 junior college football season|1950]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 7–1–1
| conference   = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     = Golden Isles Bowl
| bowloutcome  = L
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Lees–McRae Bobcats football|Lees–McRae Bobcats]]
| conf      = [[Western Carolinas Junior College Conference]]
| startyear = 1951
| endyear   = 1961
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1951 junior college football season|1951]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 4–2
| conference   = 3–2
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1952 junior college football season|1952]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 3–3–1
| conference   = 3–3–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1953 junior college football season|1953]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 8–2
| conference   = 7–2
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     = Golden Isles Bowl
| bowloutcome  = L
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1954 junior college football season|1954]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 5–0–3
| conference   = 4–0–2
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1955 junior college football season|1955]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 4–3–1
| conference   = 2–1–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1956 junior college football season|1956]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 4–3
| conference   = 2–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1957 junior college football season|1957]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 3–3–1
| conference   = 1–2–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1958 junior college football season|1958]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 1–5–2
| conference   = 1–4–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1959 junior college football season|1959]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 1–6–1
| conference   = 1–4–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[1960 junior college football season|1960]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 7–1
| conference   = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1961 junior college football season|1961]]
| name         = Lees–McRae
| overall      = 1–4–1
| conference   = 1–3–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Lees–McRae
| overall    = 75–62–16
| confrecord = 51–38–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 75–62–16
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
}}
==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Davis & Elkins Senators football coach navbox}}
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