Chuck Dickerson

Chuck Dickerson

Chuck Dickerson is a former position coach in the National Football League and Canadian Football League and sports radio host in Buffalo, New York. Currently, he is a regular featured commentator during the Buffalo Bills season.

Dickerson earned All-American honors during his high school and college career as a defensive tackle for the University of Illinois. He is married and has an adult child and several grandchildren.

Dickerson was defensive line coach under Marv Levy in Buffalo and in the Canadian Football League when Levy coached the Montreal Alouettes. He appeared in two Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXV and Super Bowl XXVI. Before Super Bowl XXVI, Dickerson mocked the Washington Redskins' famed offensive line, The Hogs on a television interview. Redskins coach Joe Gibbs got his hands on some tapes of Dickerson and played them at a team meeting on the night before the game, and by all accounts it was a factor in the Redskins' 37-24 thumping of the Bills. Head coach Marv Levy later described the interview as "the girder that brought down the building."[1]

Dickerson was fired shortly after Super Bowl XXVI, and he began his broadcast career on WGR 550 in 1993, hosting a three hour afternoon drive-time show for almost ten years, leaving the station in 2003. It was speculated in the press that WGR released Dickerson from the station because it wanted to gain the rights to Sabres hockey broadcasts, which it purchased in 2004 along with radio station WNSA.[2] Dickerson was replaced by Mike Schopp and Chris "Bulldog" Parker.

Dickerson also appeared on CanWest Global television's Sportsline show in Toronto for several season's as an NFL commentator.

His on-air style is similar to hockey's Don Cherry, although Dickerson is known for his blunt and provocative opinions and his open dislike of NHL hockey and the Buffalo Sabres, which have alienated many fans.[citation needed] His closing catchphrase, "Who loves ya, baby?" is borrowed from Kojak .

During football season, he hosts The Unofficial, Unauthorized Postgame Show after Bills games and cohosts The Bob Matthews Show Monday evenings on WHAM-AM 1180 in Rochester, New York.[3] He also co-hosted The Extra Point Monday mornings on WGR-AM 550 in Buffalo, New York, replacing the fired Brad Riter in 2007 after being a weekly guest since 2005.[4]

A similar character, "Chuck Dichter," appears in the 2002 made-for-TV movie Second String, portrayed by Jon Voight.

Notes

  1. ^ McGinn, Bob (2009). The Ultimate Super Bowl Book. Minneapolis: MVP Books. ISBN 9780760336519. 
  2. ^ Fybush, Scott. Radio Watch Report North East RadioWatch: February 4, 2000
  3. ^ WHAM On-air schedule
  4. ^ WGR On-air schedule

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