Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Football
- Title:
- Offensive Line
Arizona, 1987
• A 36-year coaching veteran, Charlie Dickey joined the Oklahoma State coaching staff in February of 2019 after coaching 10 years under Bill Snyder at Kansas State. Dickey was an original member of Snyder’s staff upon his return in 2009 and was promoted to run game coordinator prior to the 2016 season.
• Dickey’s players have earned at least one All-Big 12 honor in four of his five OSU seasons, including Marcus Keyes in 2019, Teven Jenkins and Josh Sills in 2020, Sills again in 2021 and Hunter Woodard in 2022. All but one of those were first team honors. In the five years before Dickey, OSU earned just three total first team all-conference spots on the offensive line.
• In 2023, his line blocked for the FBS leading rusher and a top-15 FBS passer, while ranking No. 7 in the FBS with 0.93 sacks allowed per game and 14th at 4.14 TFL allowed per game.
• Dickey’s 2022 offensive line was penalized just 13 times, greatly contributing to the team ranking No. 1 in the FBS in fewest penalties. It was also part of a top-20 passing offense in the FBS and Hunter Woodard earned second team All-Big 12 honors from the AP, despite missing the final six games to injury.
• In 2021, Dickey’s unit saw three players step into an everyday starter role and nine players make at least one start. Even with the movement, the line paved the way for an offense that controlled the pace and moved the ball effectively. In conference games, OSU ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 in rushing offense, No. 2 in total offense and No. 3 in scoring offense. Sills was first team All-Big 12.
• Dickey’s 2020 offensive line lost two starters in the season opener and was without seven different players at one point in the year. Despite shockingly hard luck with injuries, Dickey continually shuffled the lineup on a unit that helped the Cowboys rank among the Big 12’s top four teams in both rushing offense and passing efficiency. The 2020 line also produced two first All-Big 12 picks in Jenkins and Sills.
• In his first season in Stillwater, his group paved the way for Chuba Hubbard to lead the FBS with 2,094 rushing yards and earn All-America and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year status. The 2019 Cowboys averaged 229.6 rushing yards per game - OSU’s best mark since 2008. OSU ranked in the FBS top 25 in rushing offense, total offense and red zone offense. OSU’s 2,985 rushing yards ranked seventh in school history and its 5.31 yards per rush ranked sixth in school history.
• With Dickey serving as the leader of the offensive line, K-State’s offensive identity throughout his time in Manhattan centered on physical play up front. During his 10 years with the Wildcats, K-State offensive linemen picked up three All-America
honors and 23 All-Big 12 honors, including 11 first-team accolades.
• Dickey was part of a K-State coaching staff that led the Wildcats to the 2012 Big 12 title. His offensive line paved the way for quarterback Collin Klein to be a Heisman Trophy finalist that season. Dickey’s line helped K-State finish fourth in the Big 12 in rushing offense and second in the league in fewest sacks allowed. Four of Dickey’s five regular starters in 2012 earned all-conference honors.
• In each of Dickey’s final three seasons in Manhattan, K-State ranked in the top four in the Big 12 in rushing offense, despite playing far fewer snaps than other teams in the league.
• Under Dickey, K-State’s B.J. Finney was an All-American in 2014 and Dalton Risner was a two-time All-American in 2017 and 2018.
• During the 2018 NFL season, Dickey saw three of his former K-State pupils on active rosters - B.J. Finney with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cornelius Lucas with the Los Angeles Rams and Cody Whitehair with the Chicago Bears. Additionally, Tavon Rooks was a draft pick of the New Orleans Saints in 2014.
• Dickey came to K-State after capping his fourth year at Utah with an undefeated 13-0 campaign and a win over No. 4 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Dickey was instrumental in Utah’s success on offense when he took charge of the offensive line in 2005 and his position was regarded as a Ute stronghold from that day on. In 2006, the Utes were the last team in the country to allow a sack – going six games before anyone got to the quarterback.
• In 2008, OT Zane Beadles and OG Robert Conley were first team All-Mountain West selections under Dickey and protected and paved the way for quarterback Brian Johnson, the 2008 MWC Offensive Player of the Year and Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player.
• During his time at Utah, Dickey coached four first team all-conference players in center Jesse Boone (2005), tackles Tavo Tupola (2006) and Beadles (2008) and guard Conley (2008). In 2007, both Beadles and Conley won second-team honors for the Utes.
• Dickey coached in the Pac-10 for 13 years before heading to Utah, spending 12 years at his alma mater, Arizona, and one season at Washington. At Arizona, he coached the offensive line from 1992-2002 and tight ends in 2003. In 2004, Dickey went to Washington as the Huskies’ offensive line coach.
• While at Arizona, Dickey developed first team all-conference linemen Warner Smith (1994) and Yusuf Scott (1998). Scott won the 1998 Morris Trophy, which is presented to the league’s outstanding offensive lineman.
• Dickey began his coaching career after playing one season for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1987 NFL strike. In 1988, he worked at Arizona as a graduate assistant coach before tutoring the offensive line at Scottsdale Community College in 1989 and at Northern Arizona from 1990-91.
• In his playing days, Dickey started at offensive guard at Arizona from 1983-84 – compiling a streak of 1,230 consecutive offensive plays, including all 840 offensive plays of the 1983 season. He was named second-team All-Pac-10 in 1984 and was Arizona’s Offensive MVP. Before going to Arizona, he completed an all-conference community-college career at Scottsdale Community College.
Personal
• A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, Dickey and his wife Lisa have five children, daughters Jazmin Wagner, Tasha and Shyanne, son Charles Jr., and son-in-law Alan Wagner. The also have several grandchildren.
• Their daughter, Chanel, passed away at the age of three. Tasha played basketball at K-State during the 2011-12 season.
Year By Year
| Year | School | Position |
| 1988 | Arizona | Graduate Assistant |
| 1989 | Scottsdale CC | Offensive Line |
| 1990-91 | Northern Arizona | Offensive Line |
| 1992-2002 | Arizona | Offensive Line |
| 2003 | Arizona | Tight Ends |
| 2004 | Washington | Offensive Line |
| 2005-08 | Utah | Offensive Line |
| 2009-15 | Kansas State | Offensive Line |
| 2016-17 | Kansas State | Run Game Coordinator/OL |
| 2018 | Kansas State | Co-Offensive Coord./OL |
| 2019-pres. | Oklahoma State | Offensive Line |
Bowl Games
1992 John Hancock Bowl
1994 Fiesta Bowl
1994 Freedom Bowl
1997 Insight.com Bowl
1998 Holiday Bowl
2005 Emerald Bowl
2006 Armed Forces Bowl
2007 Poinsettia Bowl
2009 Sugar Bowl
2010 Pinstripe Bowl
2012 Cotton Bowl
2013 Fiesta Bowl
2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
2015 Alamo Bowl
2016 Liberty Bowl
2016 Texas Bowl
2017 Cactus Bowl
2019 Texas Bowl
2020 Cheez-It Bowl
2021 Fiesta Bowl
2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl
2023 Texas Bowl
Prominent Pupils
Clyde Aufner, Kansas State
Zane Beadles, Utah
Jesse Boone, Utah
Robert Conley, Utah
B.J. Finney, Kansas State
Zach Hanson, Kansas State
Teven Jenkins, Chicago Bears
Terrale Johnson, Kansas State
Zach Kendall, Kansas State
Marcus Keyes, Oklahoma State
Cornelius Lucas, Kansas State
Reid Najvar, Kansas State
Dalton Risner, Kansas State
Tavon Rooks, Kansas State
Yusuf Scott, Arizona
Warner Smith, Arizona
Boston Stiverson, Kansas State
Tavo Tupola, Utah
Wade Weibert, Kansas State
Cody Whitehair, Kansas State
