Howard Brandt Dickenman, Jr. (born November 9, 1946) is a retired American

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coach and the former men's

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head coach for the

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Blue Devils. He was the second-longest tenured head coach in program history. Previous to becoming the CCSU head coach, he spent fourteen years as an assistant coach for the

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; the last ten years were as the top assistant under Hall-of-Fame coach

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. His first coaching job was assistant coach at

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, a position he held for three years. A native of

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, Dickenman played collegiately at

from 1966 to 1969 as a 6'4"

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. He was the first pick of the 17th round of the

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by the

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, though he never played in the league. He was recognized as the 1996 Norwich Native Son Award. Dickenman retired at the end of the 2015–16 season.

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