 He helped to improve the team from their 10th-place finish that season and then to a sixth-placed finish in the 2014-15 season, along with a London FA Capital Women's Cup Final date against Charlton Athletic Ladies which West Ham ladies lost 5-0.On 29 June 2015, Dicks was appointed first-team coach for his former team, West Ham United, under new manager and former teammate, Slaven Bilic.In June 2016, Dicks signed a contract to keep him on the coaching staff at West Ham for a further two years.