Oklahoma State University Athletics
James Dickey Joins The Cowboy Basketball Staff
July 10, 2002 | Cowboy Basketball
July 10, 2002
Stillwater, Okla. - James Dickey, an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton for eight years at Arkansas and Kentucky, has rejoined his mentor as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State, it was announced today.
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 "We are elated that Coach Dickey is going to become part of our staff. I've been blessed to have so many excellent assistant coaches in my career, but James is definitely at the top of the list. Our players got to know him while he was broadcasting the games last year, and they're very excited about him becoming part of our basketball family."
OSU Coach Eddie Sutton
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"This is a great honor and opportunity to join the OSU basketball staff," said Dickey. "I'm tremendously excited about once again working for Coach Sutton. He has been my mentor and the most positive coaching influence during my career. I look forward to working with the coaching staff, as well as the returning student-athletes and incoming players."
Coach Dickey had five players achieve NBA status in a four-year span, all since the 1995-96 season. Cory Carr, Tony Battie, Mark Davis, Darvin Ham and Jason Sasser all made an NBA roster, and Battie became the first Red Raider to be selected as a lottery pick in June, 1997, when the All-America center was taken as the fifth pick by the Denver Nuggets.
Academics are important to Dickey as well, as evidenced by his graduation of 17 seniors during his tenure at Tech.
Dickey, who played at Valley Springs High School, went on to Central Arkansas, where he played for four years. He earned his bachelor's degree from the Conway, Ark., school in 1976. He first got into coaching when he joined the staff at Harding College in Searcy, Ark., for the 1976-77 season. He earned his master's degree during that stint with the Bison program.
Dickey got his first head coaching job at Harding Academy in 1977, and two seasons later, took an assistants job at his alma mater. He joined Coach Sutton at Arkansas prior to the 1981-82 season, and moved with him to Kentucky in 1986. After Coach Sutton's departure from UK in 1989, Dickey sat out a year before being offered an assistant position at Texas Tech.
