Dickerson Receives Dallas College Athletics Lifetime Legacy Award

GARLAND, Texas – Dallas College Mountain View Athletic Director Keitha Dickerson, a former WNBA player, was honored with the Dallas College Athletics Lifetime Legacy Award.

Dallas College Athletics' Lifetime Legacy Award honors former student-athletes and coaches who distinguished themselves through exceptional athletic and academic performances at their respective campuses, and who have continued to excel in their professional and personal lives long after their playing days. These individuals represent the highest standards of leadership, excellence and impact – both within Dallas College and in the communities they serve.

"It means a lot. It means a great deal," Dickerson said. "Coaching players and playing, to have my body of work recognized by my employer and my peers and the student-athletes, this is a special award for me."

Dickerson was named athletic director at Mountain View in September 2025. She assumed oversight of Mountain View's athletic department in the final stages of her extended career as a head women's basketball coach. Dickerson was named head women's basketball coach at Mountain View in 2019 in her return to the Lions' program.

Dickerson guided the Lions to the NJCAA Division III National Tournament for the first time in 2022-23 as Mountain View went 12-9 overall, 3-1 in the Dallas Athletic Conference. The Lions beat Dallas College Cedar Valley 67-57 in the South Central District championship. She was named the DAC Coach of the Year. Devon Sherrod earned NJCAA Division III Second Team All-America distinction.

Dickerson served as an assistant coach with Mountain View men's basketball team from 2016-19. The Lions went 59-34 in those three seasons, advancing to the Metro Athletic Conference semifinals in 2017-18.

From 2008-11, Dickerson was the assistant women's basketball coach at Gateway Charter Academy in Dallas. Dickerson's first stint at Mountain View began in 2003 when she was the head coach of the women's basketball club team until 2008.

She was an assistant women's coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2002 when the Roadrunners went 18-11. Dickerson coached one season as an assistant at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2001-02.

Dickerson played 36 games in the WNBA for the Minnesota Lynx and Utah Starzz. In 2000, she started 29 of the 32 games for the Lynx, who made her the 24th pick overall in the 2000 WNBA Draft. She averaged 4.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game for the Lynx. She scored a career-high 15 points against the Seattle Storm on July 5, 2000, and grabbed a career-best eight rebounds twice. She had five assists twice, and three steals on four occasions. 

Dickerson was a Second Team All-Big 12 selection at Texas Tech after leading the conference in rebounding at 10 boards per game, while ranking third on the team in scoring at 11.9 points per game. She finished her Red Raiders career in 2000 ranked sixth on the all-time list for rebounds at 843. She also ranked fifth on Texas Tech's single season rebound list with 330 and rebound average at 10.0 boards per contest. She had 88 steals as a senior, which ranked 10th all-time in a single season.

Dickerson scored 1,008 points in her career as a Lady Raider from 1996-00. She ranked second in the Big 12 in double-doubles (13) in 1999-00. She was selected as one of the Top 25 junior players in the United States, and chosen to participate in the Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team Trials after her freshman year at Texas Tech.

"I remember the great leadership," said of her coaches at Texas Tech. "Those guys really instilled in us how Lubbock and Texas Tech has been ran, in '93, they won a national championship. Just giving us the motivation and the encouragement to go and do that. I've shared it with my kids. I never told 'em where I came from or what I've done. I just motivated them in general and told them, 'When the ball stops rolling, you'll know, and it stops bouncing you'll know. So just put everything in to what you're doing because it's your craft. You'll never be able to get this back again."

Dickerson earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports sciences from Texas Tech in 2000.

"I'm still reflecting," Dickerson said. "To be given this honor … I've coached, assistant, head coach, and then be the athletic director, I truly take pride in Dallas College as well as Mountain View to be blessed upon this opportunity that (Dallas College Executive Athletic Director Lynn) Nabi and (Vice Chancellor, Student Success) Dr. (Beatriz) Joseph have given me, I don't take it easily and lightly. I still compete in this role. It's just a different way of competing. I'm ecstatic about the opportunity I get to have, and continue to lead young people."