After taking over The College of New Jersey’s men’s and women’s tennis teams in the fall of 2000, Scott Dicheck enjoyed a highly successful first season with the Lions producing three All-Americans. He followed up his rookie season at TCNJ by helping the two programs finish with winning records and numerous individual acclaim and recognition. In his first season with the Lions, he guided the women’s team to the 2000 NJAC Championship and was named the NJAC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year for his efforts.
Over the course of the season Dicheck’s women’s squad compiled a 9-5 record, while individual players received acclaim as well. In the fall, the top doubles tandem of Jennifer Crombie and Monika Jakober won the 2000 ITA Northeast Regional Doubles title, while Crombie was the runner-up for the singles crown in the same tournament. The pair finished in fifth place nationally at the Rolex National Tournament. In the spring of 2001, the pair earned a bid to the NCAA Division III Championships, where they advanced to the quarterfinals and earned All-America honors for their efforts. TCNJ’s men’s team also enjoyed considerable success under the first-year coach as junior Rob Howland won the 2000 ITA Northeast Regional Singles title and advanced to the Rolex Nationals where he captured an eighth place finish and earned ITA All-America honors. The Lions suffered a disappointing finish to the 2000-2001 season after Howland suffered a broken arm and was lost to the team and the squad missed a bid to the NCAA team tournament. Sophomore Marc Hill was tapped as the first alternate for the 2001 NCAA Singles draw, while Howland’s injury kept him from competing after a banner season.
In 2001-2002, he was named the NJAC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year after directing the team to another league championship title and extending the team's NJAC unbeaten streak. He also coached the NJAC Player of the Year in Kelly Hernandez and the Rookie of the Year in Katie D'Amato. By year's end, the women's team finished the campaign with an 8-5 overall record. The men's team battled a couple key injuries to its two top performers, Marc Hill and Rob Howland last season. Despite, the injuries, the team finished the year with a 6-5 overall mark and earned several honors in fall tournament play as well. He is coming off another banner pair of campaigns that saw the women’s team go 14-3 on the year, while producing a pair of ITA All-Americans. The men’s team went 8-8 on the year and senior team captain, Marc Hill earned a spot at the 2003 NCAA Division III Singles Tournament. He was once again named the NJAC’s Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year in the fall of 2002 and coached both the NJAC Player of the Year and the league’s Rookie of the Year, Amy Huah.
Dicheck came to TCNJ in the fall of 2000 after serving as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Allentown College from 1996-2000. In just three short seasons, Dicheck turned Allentown College’s women’s tennis program around. He took a squad that consisted of just five players to a contender in the Middle Atlantic Conference that finished in second place this past season. His 1999 team, which consisted of four freshmen starters, established new Allentown College marks for most wins and best win percentage. A 1992 graduate of Moravian College, Dicheck was the No. 1 singles and doubles player for the Greyhounds his freshman and sophomores seasons. Tapped as team MVP one year, he started his coaching career becoming a tennis professional at the Westend Racquet Club in Allentown. He held that position for nearly ten years after starting in December of 1990.
A graduate of Voorhees High School, he was the top singles performer there as a junior and senior, and was also named team MVP twice. Active in the local tennis community, Dicheck has been involved with the USTA Junior Development Program as an instructor and in 1989 served as instructor at the Frank Brennan Tennis Academy instructing the Russian National Junior Team. He has also been actively involved with community service both as a charity tennis tournament organizer and participant.
Since 1990 he has played in the Good Shepherd Cororate Challenge Tournament and in 1998 was represented Air Products in a charity tournament for cystic fibrosis and collected $4,500 in donations. A frequent guest speaker at the Lehigh and Northampton Counties Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department, Dicheck has also assisted in USTA workshops for the Allentown County Grade Schools. Dicheck received his master’s degree in sports management at East Stroudsburg University.
