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John Dickason's career at Thiel College spanned more than three decades from 1969 through 2004. He was an associate professor of health and physical education from 1969 until his retirement in 2004, and he served two six-year stints as the director of athletics during the 1980s and 1990s.
Dickason coached several sports during his career at Thiel. He was an assistant football coach from 1969 through 1984 and helped the Tomcats win the PAC championship in 1972. He was the head men’s basketball coach for five seasons (1975-80) and was the head men’s tennis coach for three seasons (1980-82).
From 1985 through 2004, Dickason served as Thiel’s head golf coach. He coached Bill Wadrose ’01, a Hermitage, Pa. native, who was the PAC MVP in 2000 after earning medalist honors at the conference championships.
A native of Oberlin, Ohio, Dickason served as Thiel’s associate dean of students from 1988-91 and was the treasurer for the PAC from 1984-2006. He was also involved with the PAC and Thiel Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Prior to arriving at Thiel, Dickason was a teacher and coach at Boardman High School (1963-69). He earned a bachelor’s degree (1961) and a master’s degree (1963) in physical education from Ohio University.
Dickason was his senior class president at Ohio University, and he was a starter at halfback and safety on the Bobcats’ 1960 NCAA College Division championship football team. A three-time letter winner, he went on to win Ohio University’s Senior Athlete of the Year Award (1960-61). The 1960 football team became the first team to be enshrined in the Kermit Blosser Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame (2012).
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