Darrell Dickey

Darrell Ray Dickey (born December 6, 1959) is an American football coach currently working as an Offensive Analyst for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Prior to joining the Georgia program, he was the offensive coordinator for the Texas A&M Aggies football team.

Voted conference player of the year in 1977 and was a 1977 Shrine Bowl Participant

Graduated from Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1978.

Passed for 2,800 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2 years at CHHS.

Dickey was the starting quarterback at Kansas State for four seasons from 1979 to 1982.

In 1979, he established the school record for passing yards by a freshman with 915, a record that stood until 2005 when Allan Evridge broke the record with 1,365 yards.

Dickey concluded his collegiate career in 1982 by leading the Wildcats to the school's first bowl appearance in its 87-year history, the 1982 Independence Bowl.

He left Kansas State ranked second all-time in pass completions, yards passing, touchdown passes, and total offense.

Dickey remains only player in Kansas State history to lead the school in passing yards and total offense for four consecutive seasons.

He signed free agent contracts in 1983 and 1984 with the Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints respectively.

Dickey served as the offensive graduate assistant under Jackie Sherrill at Texas A&M in 1985, where he was part of a staff that led the Aggies to their first Southwest Conference title since 1975.

The defensive graduate assistant on Sherrill's 1985 coaching staff was Charlie Strong, who later served at head coach of Louisville, South Florida, and rival Texas.

To cap their Southwest Conference title, the Aggies defeated rival Texas, 42–14.

Quarterbacking for Texas that day was Todd Dodge, who 21 years later would replace Dickey at North Texas.

As offensive graduate assistant, Dickey helped Aggie quarterback Kevin Murray, father of Kyler Murray, develop into the SWC Offensive Player of the Year.

The Aggies defeated Auburn, which boasted Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson in the Cotton Bowl to finish the season 10–2.

In 1986, Dickey was hired by Charlie Bailey at the University of Memphis to serve as tight ends coach.

The Tigers won only one game, finishing the season 1–10.

Dickey pupil Keith Jeffries led the Tigers in touchdowns receptions for the season.

In 1987, Dickey was moved to running backs coach.

The Tigers improved to 5–5–1, with wins over SEC schools Ole Miss and Alabama, which was ranked No. 15 in the country at the time.

During the game, Dickey pupil Wayne Pryor outrushed Crimson Tide Heisman Trophy candidate and future Denver Broncos star Bobby Humphrey.

Pryor ran for 112 yards to Humphrey's 84, and was named AP Player of the Week for his effort.

In a nod to future Dickey pupils, Pryor excelled not only as a runner, but as a receiver.

He led the Tigers in rushing and rushing touchdowns, while finishing second on the team in receptions and leading the team in touchdown receptions and overall touchdowns.

In 1988, Dickey was moved to quarterbacks coach.

The Tigers improved to 6–5, with wins over SEC foes Mississippi State, Florida, and Vanderbilt.

He was head coach of the University of North Texas from 1998 to 2006.

During the 13 years prior to his stint at North Texas, Dickey was an assistant at SMU, UTEP, LSU, Mississippi State, Memphis, and Texas A&M.

Subsequent to his tenure at North Texas, he was an assistant at Utah State and New Mexico.

Dickey was a quarterback in college, playing for his father, Jim Dickey, at Kansas State University.

The win highlighted a four-year period (2001–2004) during which the Mean Green became only the 11th program in college football history to win four consecutive conference titles.

Dickey comes from a family of coaches.

His father, Jim Dickey, was a successful college and Texas high school coach for over 40 years.

Brother Jim Dickey Jr., has coached in Texas high schools for over 30 years.

Coached by Dickey, North Texas won the 2002 New Orleans Bowl.

In 2006, despite being fired by the University of North Texas, Mattress Mack, a major donor requested that school officials name the new football practice facility in honor of him.

Mack did not want to have his own name branded on the practice fields, but believed the program's accomplishments under his leadership deemed Dickey worthy of the naming rights.

Before joining the Texas A&M staff he was the offensive coordinator at Memphis from the 2012 to 2017 seasons, the offensive coordinator at Texas State for the 2011 season, the University of New Mexico for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, and Utah State University for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.