| Las Vegas Raiders | |
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| Position: | Assistant offensive line coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1982-01-29)January 29, 1982 (age 43) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Tower Hill School(Wilmington, Delaware) |
| College: | Tufts (1999–2002) |
| Career history | |
As a coach: | |
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Andy Dickerson (born January 29, 1982) is anAmerican football coach and former player who is the assistant offensive line coach for theLas Vegas Raiders of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theTufts Jumbos and has previously had coaching stints with theWashington Redskins,New England Patriots,New York Jets,St. Louis /Los Angeles Rams,Seattle Seahawks, and theCleveland Browns.
Dickerson was born on January 29, 1982, and grew up inWilmington, Delaware.[1][2] He attendedTower Hill School in his hometown and was teamcaptain in three sports: wrestling, football and track and field.[3] He later attendedTufts University and played as anoffensive lineman from 1999 to 2002.[4][5] He also was a member of the Tufts track and field team, specializing in the hammer throw, discus throw and shot put.[3] He graduated from Tufts in 2003 with amaster's degree in education.[6]
Dickerson served as a training camp intern for theWashington Redskins of theNational Football League (NFL) in 2003, later returning that year to Tufts as agraduate assistant.[7] He was an intern in theNew England Patriots operations department in 2004 and became a full-time member of the department in 2005.[7] He wonSuper Bowl XXXIX with the Patriots in 2004.[8]
From 2006 to 2008, Dickerson served with theNew York Jets as their defensive quality control coach and a coaching assistant.[4] He joined theCleveland Browns as defensive quality control coach in 2009 and in 2010 was their assistant offensive line coach.[4] He returned to the Jets in 2011 as a coaching assistant.[9] He then became the assistant offensive line coach for theSt. Louis Rams (laterLos Angeles Rams) in 2012.[10] He remained the team's assistant offensive line coach through 2020 and helped them reach theSuper Bowl in 2018.[5] At the time of his departure, he was the longest-tenured coach on the team.[11]
Dickerson became the run game coordinator for theSeattle Seahawks in 2021, followingShane Waldron whom he played with at Tufts and coached with at New England and Los Angeles.[5][12] He was promoted to offensive line coach in 2022.[13][14] He was interviewed in 2024 to be theoffensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns[15] and he later joined the team as offensive line coach.[16] After one season where there was significant regression with the Browns' offensive line, Dickerson was fired on January 5, 2025.[17]
On February 11, 2025, theLas Vegas Raiders hired Dickerson to serve as their assistant offensive line coach.[18]
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