Nutt Announces Two Football Staff Additions

OXFORD, Miss. New Ole Miss head football coach Houston Nutt announced Tuesday that Kim Dameron and Ron Dickerson, Jr., from Louisiana-Monroe will be members of his first Rebel staff.

Both coaches have spent the past three seasons with the Warhawks, with Dameron serving as defensive coordinator and Dickerson as defensive backs and assistant head coach this year after two previous seasons of working with the running backs.

This year, Louisiana-Monroe became bowl eligible for the first time since they made the jump to Division I-A in 1994. The Warhawks ended the season winning five of their last six games, including a 21-14 victory at Alabama.

"I have a long relationship with both these guys," said Nutt. "Both these guys are outstanding people with great characteristics, excellent recruiters and just love coaching ball. So I think our players will be real excited about these two hires."

Dameron and Dickerson are both Arkansas alumni, and after completing his degree, Dameron joined Nutt as a graduate assistant in Fayetteville in 1983. A Rogers, Ark., native, Dameron has also served collegiate coaching stints at Stephen F. Austin, Eastern Illinois, Cincinnati, Murray State, UNLV and Missouri State.

Dameron’s defenses have continually been among the best in college football. The Monroe defense was third nationally in turnovers gained and ninth in interceptions in 2006 and allowed the fewest points in the Sun Belt.

In 2002 and 2003, Stephen F. Austin ranked in the nation’s top 10 for pass efficiency defense, while in 2000, Eastern Illinois finished 27th in the country in total defense and ninth in pass efficiency defense. Dameron’s 1996 Cincinnati unit rated 13th in the NCAA in total defense and 14th in pass efficiency defense, and the 1997 team, which won the Humanitarian Bowl, was nationally ranked fifth in rushing defense and 33rd in total defense.

As the D.C. for Nutt’s Murray State staff, Dameron directed the Racers to third in the country in total defense, second in pass efficiency defense, 10th in rushing defense and sixth in scoring defense, and the team went on to capture the 1995 Ohio Valley Conference title. He also helped Missouri State to consecutive Gateway Conference crowns in 1989 and 1990.

A 1996 Arkansas graduate, Dickerson spent three years as Missouri State’s running backs and special teams coach before arriving at ULM and tutored Bears tailback Cody Pratt to back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons, including the second-best rushing season in MSU history with 1,223 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns in 2003.

He has also held positions at Alabama State, Temple, the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the XFL’s Las Vegas Outlaws.

Dickerson, a native of Boleyi, Okla., was mentored by then assistant coach Nutt during his four years as a running back/wide receiver for the Razorbacks (1989-92), which featured a pair of bowl appearances. He later played professionally from 1993-96 for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, and the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe.

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