Eric Dickerson enters his fifth season as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles' coaching staff, including his fourth year as an offensive quality control coach. He was named to his current post during the 2022 offseason after originally joining the team as a defensive assistant in 2021.
Dickerson contributed to an offense that helped the Eagles win Super Bowl LIX in 2024. Powered by Saquon Barkley, who was named the Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year after logging 2,005 rushing yards (eighth-most in league history), Philadelphia established the NFL record for combined rushing yards (3,866) in the regular season and playoffs. Overall, the Eagles ranked second in rushing offense (187.6 ypg), sixth in offensive points per game (26.7) and eighth in total offense (367.2 ypg).
In 2023, Dickerson supported an offense that established a franchise record in third-down percentage (48.0 pct., third in the NFL) for the second consecutive season. The Eagles also ranked seventh in the league in scoring offense (25.5 ppg), eighth in total offense (354.4 ypg), rushing offense (128.8 ypg), and ninth in red zone offense (60.0 pct.).
In 2022, Dickerson assisted a record-breaking offense that helped the team reach Super Bowl LVII after its 14-3 campaign. In total, the Eagles established single-season team marks in points (477), total touchdowns (59), scrimmage touchdowns (57), rushing touchdowns (32, tied for fourth in NFL history), total first downs (385), third-down success rate (45.9 pct.), fourth-down conversions (22) and red zone touchdown efficiency (67.8 pct.).
During the 2021 campaign, Dickerson contributed to a defensive unit that surrendered the fifth-fewest explosive plays (117) in the NFL, while ranking 10th in opponent yards per game (328.8). Philadelphia also tied for the second-most defensive touchdowns (five) in the league.
Dickerson first joined the Eagles during training camp in 2021 as a part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program.
Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Dickerson spent three seasons at Duke as a football analyst (2018-20), working on special teams as well as with the wide receivers and tight ends on offense. In that span, the Blue Devils registered top-three finishes in the ACC in kickoff return yards and punt return yards during the 2019 and 2020 campaigns. Additionally, Duke produced a school single-season record in touchdown passes (31) in 2018.
Under Dickerson's mentorship, Noah Gray earned Walter Camp second-team All-America honors in 2019 after totaling the second-most catches (51) by a tight end in program history. During the 2018 season, Davis Koppenhaver matched the Blue Devils' single-season record for touchdowns (seven) by a tight end.
Dickerson started his career in 2017 at his alma mater, South Carolina State, where he coached the tight ends and fullbacks.
A 2016 graduate of South Carolina State with a political science degree, Dickerson was a four-year starter and two-year captain on the offensive line, helping the Bulldogs to conference championships in 2013 and 2014.
