The College of New Jersey Athletics

Dicheck took over The College of New Jersey’s men’s and women’s tennis program in the fall of 2000. During his tenure, he has posted a combined record of 582-188 and been named conference coach of the year a remarkable 18 times. 

WOMEN
Dicheck has guided the program to the conference championship in each of his 24 seasons, going a remarkable 129-0 in NJAC matches.

His perfect record in New Jersey Athletic Conference play has added to TCNJ’s impressive winning streak against conference opponents to over 200 straight dating back to the 1982 season. The 41-year conference winning streak is the longest known active conference streak across all NCAA sports and divisions.

Dicheck has led the women's program to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first 24 seasons, and the Lions were also qualified for the canceled 2020 NCAA Tournament. TCNJ has won an NCAA Tournament match in each of the last 17 contested team championships.

The veteran coach picked up his 200th win on the women's side in the spring of 2015 against New York University. Entering this fall, he has a record of 302-76 on the women's side. He has also added 222 more wins on the men’s side, earning his 400th combined victory when the men's team defeated Muhlenberg College 9-0 in the spring of 2017. Between the men's and women's teams Dicheck has guided 30 individuals to All-America honors including Jackie Shtemberg, who was ITA National Champion in 2007.
 

	Overall		NJAC		Postseason
Year	Wins	Losses	Wins	Losses
2000-01	9	5	4	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2001-02	8	5	4	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2002-03	14	3	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2003-04	14	3	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2004-05	14	3	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2005-06	12	2	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2006-07	15	2	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2007-08	12	7	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2008-09	16	3	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2009-10	16	5	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA Tournament
2010-11	15	3	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2011-12	16	3	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2012-13	16	3	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2013-14	12	7	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2014-15	15	2	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2015-16	13	5	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2016-17	15	4	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2017-18	14	2	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2018-19	17	5	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2019-20	11	0	6	0	NJAC Champions
2020-21	11	1	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2021-22	17	3	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2022-23	16	5	6	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2023-24	17	3	5	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
Total	335	84	129	0	24 NJAC Championships / 23 NCAA Appearances

MEN
Dicheck has guided the men to a record of 256-112 in his 25 seasons. The Lions have won double digit matches in 15 of the last 20 years, including a stellar 14-3 campaign in 2023-24, after which he was tabbed Division III Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the ITA. The Lions reached the WIAC final and defeated four nationally ranked programs that season, while Matthew Michibata became the first player in program history to win the singles and doubles titles at the ITA Northeast Region championship in the fall. 

In 2018-19, Dicheck led the Lions to the NJAC Championship in the first NJAC season since 1998.

The veteran coach earned his 200th men's win with an 8-1 victory over University of the Sciences in February of 2020.

TCNJ has also earned a bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament 11 times in the last 18 seasons, including a berth in the 2019 national tournament.
 

	Overall		NJAC		Postseason
Year	Wins	Losses	Wins	Losses
2000-01	9	4
2001-02	6	5
2002-03	8	8
2003-04	8	6
2004-05	12	3
2005-06	8	4
2006-07	11	3			NCAA Tournament
2007-08	10	6			NCAA Tournament
2008-09	11	3			NCAA Second Round
2009-10	10	7			NCAA Second Round
2010-11	9	5			NCAA Third Round
2011-12	11	4			NCAA First Round
2012-13	15	2			NCAA Second Round
2013-14	10	5
2014-15	12	4			NCAA Second Round
2015-16	11	7			NCAA Second Round
2016-17	15	4			NCAA Second Round
2017-18	8	6
2018-19	15	4	3	0	NJAC Champions / NCAA 2nd Round
2019-20	4	2
2020-21	6	2	2	1	NJAC Runner-Up
2021-22	13	3	3	0	NJAC Runner-Up
2022-23	11	4	4	0	NJAC Runner-Up
2023-24	14	3	3	0	WIAC Runner-Up
2024-25	9	8	2	0	WIAC Runner-Up
Total	256	112	17	1	1 NJAC Championship / 11 NCAA Appearances

*The TCNJ men's tennis team joined the WIAC before the 2023-24 season

A 1992 graduate of Moravian College, Dicheck was the No. 1 singles and doubles player for the Greyhounds his freshman and sophomore seasons. Tapped as team MVP one year, he started his coaching career by becoming a tennis professional at the Westend Racquet Club in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 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 an instructor at the Frank Brennan Tennis Academy, working with the Russian National Junior Team. He has also been actively involved with community service both as a charity tennis tournament organizer and participant. He was awarded the United States Tennis Association and Intercollegiate Tennis Association Middle States Campus Recreation Award in 2004. That same year, he was appointed to the Middle States College Committee and named to the USTA Advocacy Steering Committee. In addition to running TCNJ's club tennis team, Dicheck has also supervised the 2004-2006 teams that participated in the USA Team Tennis National Campus Championships.

Dicheck received his master’s degree in sports management at East Stroudsburg University in 2000.