Howie Dickenman

Howard Brandt Dickenman Jr. (born November 9, 1946) is a retired American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach for the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils. He was the second-longest tenured head coach in program history. Previous to becoming the CCSU head coach, he spent fourteen years as an assistant coach for the Connecticut Huskies; the last ten years were as the top assistant under Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Calhoun. His first coaching job was assistant coach at New Britain High School in New Britain, Connecticut, a position he held for three years.^[1]

Howie Dickenman

Biographical details
Born	(1946-11-09) November 9, 1946 (age 78) Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
1966–1969	Central Connecticut
Position	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970–1973	New Britain HS (asst.)
1973–1975	Greater Hartford CC
1975–1977	Central Connecticut (asst.)
1977–1982	Canisius (asst.)
1982–1996	Connecticut (asst.)
1996–2016	Central Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall	282–311 (.476)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 NEC tournament (2000, 2002, 2007) 3 NEC regular season (2000, 2002, 2007)
Awards
Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Gold Key (1996)[1] Norwich Sportsperson of the Year (1999)[1] New England Division I Coach of the Year (2000)[1] District One Coach of the Year (2000)[1] Eastern Basketball Coach of the Year (2002)[1] 4x NEC Coach of the Year (2000, 2002, 2006, 2007) National Association of Basketball Coaches Literacy Champion Award (2009)[1]

A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Dickenman played collegiately at Central Connecticut State University from 1966 to 1969 as a 6'4" center.^[1] He was the first pick of the 17th round of the 1969 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns after averaging 17.7 points and 14.7 rebounds his senior season,^[2] although he never played in the league. He was recognized as the 1996 Norwich Native Son Award.^[3]

Dickenman retired at the end of the 2015–16 season. In his retirement press conference, he expressed a dream of becoming a Santa Claus, which he achieved in December 2016. ^[4][5][6][7]

Head coaching record

Source:^[8]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Connecticut Blue Devils (Mid-Continent Conference) (1996–1997)
1996–97	Central Connecticut	8–19	4–12	T–7th
Central Connecticut Blue Devils (Northeast Conference) (1997–2016)
1997–98	Central Connecticut	4–22	3–13	T–9th
1998–99	Central Connecticut	19–13	11–9	4th
1999–00	Central Connecticut	25–6	15–3	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2000–01	Central Connecticut	14–14	11–9	T–5th
2001–02	Central Connecticut	26–5	19–1	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2002–03	Central Connecticut	15–13	12–6	3rd
2003–04	Central Connecticut	14–14	9–9	7th
2004–05	Central Connecticut	12–16	8–10	8th
2005–06	Central Connecticut	18–11	13–5	2nd
2006–07	Central Connecticut	22–12	16–2	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2007–08	Central Connecticut	14–16	10–8	6th
2008–09	Central Connecticut	13–17	8–10	T–6th
2009–10	Central Connecticut	12–18	9–9	T–6th
2010–11	Central Connecticut	19–12	11–7	4th
2011–12	Central Connecticut	13–16	10–8	T–5th
2012–13	Central Connecticut	13–17	9–9	7th
2013–14	Central Connecticut	11–19	7–9	6th
2014–15	Central Connecticut	5–26	3–15	T–9th
2015–16	Central Connecticut	4–25	3–15	10th
Central Connecticut:		282–311 (.476)	191–169 (.531)
Total:		282–311 (.476)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion