Bill Dickerson graduated from Cannelton High School in 1975, where he set numerous athletic records as a member of the basketball, baseball, track, and cross country teams, including holding the scoring record for basketball with 1,544 career points.  
     He then attended Sullivan Business College in Louisville, Kentucky, where he majored in accounting and business administration. As a member of the basketball team at SBC, he was given the honor of being named to the Kentucky Junior College All-Conference team in 1977.
     He then transferred to Oakland City College where he played for head coach Charlie Trafton, graduating in 1979. 
     “No one compares to Bill in heart and desire that I have ever coached,” stated Trafton. “I have never had anyone with as much heart as he has and I don’t think I ever will.”
     The team earned a third place finish in the NLCAA at the conclusion of the 1978 season. He was named to the NAIA All-Conference team in 1979, while also being awarded OCU’s inaugural Onis B. Chapman award. Because of his outstanding play, he was awarded the 1979 OCC MVP award, having averaged double figures both years as a Mighty Oak.
     Following his graduation, he was an assistant basketball coach for the Oaks from 1979-1982, while also serving as the head baseball coach from 1979-1983. He was named the Mighty Oaks head men’s basketball coach for the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons, compiling an overall record as the head coach of 24-26, as well as a NAIA State Finalist 
appearance in 1984. He also coached the OCU baseball squad again from 1984-1985, guiding the team to an NAIA third place finish.
     He then became a teacher and coach at Perry Central High School, where he spent the next thirty years teaching business and coaching boys basketball, girls basketball, cross country, and golf, as well as serving as the assistant principal before retiring in 2015. 
     From 1985-1990, he was the head boys basketball coach. He coached the cross country team from 1989-2001, winning the PLAC championship each year from 1996-2001. He coached the girls basketball team from 2003-2014, winning the PLAC in 2011, as well as earning a sectional runner-up in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013. He also coached the golf team from 2004-2015, finishing as a regional finalist in 2008. 
     Dickerson also earned his Master’s degree in 1987 from Indiana University.