Coach Steven Dickey enters his 12th season at the helm of the Coastal Alabama North Volleyball program in Brewton, one season after the Coyotes finished 10 games above .500 at 23-13 during the 2024 campaign and received a berth to the ACCC Volleyball Championship Tournament for the fourth-straight year.
During Coach Dickey’s tenure at the college, he has helped produce 17 All-Conference players and eight NJCAA Academic All-Americans. The program has reached new heights as the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 teams reached the conference tournament for the first time in over 15 years. In addition, the graduation rate of CACC-North players ranks among the best in the ACCC. Coach Dickey stresses the importance of being productive members of society and incorporates the principles of integrity, honesty, responsibility, and respect into the program and expects the very best of his players on and off the court.
A native of Jackson, Miss., Dickey was selected as the Jackson Metro Baseball Player of the Year in 1981. He went on to play college ball at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Miss. and then at Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss. where he graduated, earning a Bachelor of Education degree. Upon graduation from Mississippi College, Dickey went to work at the Vicksburg YMCA where he organized an adult club volleyball team and began hosting and competing in tournaments in the Southeast region, even participating in the YMCA National Championship in 1995. In addition to his indoor background, he was very active in outdoor partnered two-person sand and grass tournaments in both Mississippi and Louisiana.
Coach Dickey is married to the former Belinda Upchurch of Vicksburg, Miss. and they have two sons, Wes and Caleb, who both played baseball in Brewton (formerly Jefferson Davis Community College). Caleb is married to the former Lauren Pierce who was a player on Coach Dickey’s inaugural team in 2014.
Coach Dickey and his teams also take time out to assist the local YMCA by providing camps and individual instruction to help build and develop the next generation of volleyball players.
