Austin Dickinson enters his third season as head football coach at his alma mater in the fall of 2025.
During his first two campaigns, he helped coach a 2-time all-conference performer and two additional honorable mention selections.Â
Before he was named head coach at BVU following the 2022 campaign, Dickinson spent the previous two seasons as the defensive coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. In that role he coached six All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference players for the Blugolds.
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Prior to returning to the DIII level, the BVU alum spent two seasons as the recruiting coordinator and a defensive coach at Minnesota State University-Mankato. During that tenure, the Mavericks went 27-2, including an appearance in the DII National Championship game. Dickinson, who managed all recruiting duties, also helped coach a defense that finished the 2019 campaign ranked first in DII in both total defense and scoring defense.
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A 2010 graduate of Buena Vista, Dickinson was a four-year letterwinner for the Beavers and a three-year starter. Following his playing career, the Woodbine, Iowa, native spent two years as a graduate assistant at Minot State University before returning to BVUÂ in the spring of 2012 where he spent the next five years. The final three of those years was spent as the Beaver defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator where he heavily recruited throughout the states of Iowa and Nebraska.
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After departing BVU, Dickinson spent one year at the University of North Dakota before landing at Minnesota State.
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Dickinson earned his bachelor of arts degree from Buena Vista in Exercise Science in 2010 and a master's degree in Education from Minot State during the summer of 2019.
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Austin and his wife, Whitney - also a 2010 BVU graduate -, have two daughters, Landry and Lowen.
