Overview
- Dickerson will coach first base while working with outfielders and overseeing baserunning on Kevin Cash’s staff.
- He fills the vacancy created when Michael Johns left to become Blake Butera’s bench coach with the Nationals.
- This marks Dickerson’s first Major League coaching assignment after serving as head coach at Jackson Academy in 2025.
- A Ray in 2016–17, he earned his lone All-Star selection in 2017 and retired after the 2013–23 playing career with a .280/.323/.476 line, 136 home runs and 469 RBIs.
- He becomes the eighth Major League coach in franchise history who previously played for Tampa Bay, reflecting the club’s preference for alumni hires.