 Dickinson became the second Georgia football coach to have attended the University of Georgia when he was hired to coach the 1903 season.He was away from Athens in the fall of 1904 while playing in the Texas League, but he returned to coach Georgia football again in 1905.Dickinson was not able to achieve much success as the head coach of Georgia and only managed a 4–9 record over the course of his two years at Georgia.