Football
- Title:
- Football Assistant Coach (Safeties)
Dishman mentored two All-Big 12 honorees in 2015, as both Baylor starting safeties Orion Stewart (64 tackles, one interception) and Chance Waz (70 tackles, three PBUs) earned honorable mention honors from the league coaches.
A 13-year NFL veteran, All-Pro and two-time Pro Bowler as a player, Dishman also brought several years of coaching experience prior to joining the Bears.
From 2009 to 2012, Dishman was a secondary assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, where in 2011 he coached Eric Weddle to his first Pro Bowl appearance.
Prior to the Chargers, he coached two seasons at Menlo College in Northern California, where he was the defensive backs coach and later the defensive coordinator.
From 2005 to 2008, Dishman spent time coaching with the Oakland Raiders, Miami Dolphins and Chargers as part of the NFL's minority coaching fellowship program. He spent the 2005 season coaching DBs for the Berlin Thunder of the NFL Europe League.
During his time as a player and coach, Dishman played and coached under accomplished NFL coaches Jerry Glanville, Dennis Green, Ron Rivera, Buddy Ryan, Nick Saban and Norv Turner.
Prior to jumping into coaching, Dishman spent time after retiring from the NFL assisting college prospects to prepare for the NFL Combine.
Dishman was drafted by Glanville's "House of Pain" Houston Oilers in the fifth round (125th overall selection) of the 1988 NFL Draft and he played 13 seasons in the league, including stops at Washington (1997-98), Kansas City (1999) and Minnesota (2000). He retired in 2000 with 43 career interceptions (31 with the Oilers), 668 tackles, 16 fumble recoveries and six touchdowns (three interception returns, three fumble returns) in 199 games played.
In 1991 with the Oilers, Dishman was a consensus first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler after causing turnovers in eight straight games and finishing with six interceptions, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles. He was also a Pro Bowler and second-team All-Pro in 1997 with Washington. Three additional seasons Dishman was an AP honorable mention All-Pro (1992, 1993 and 1996).
The Louisville, Ky., native played collegiately at Purdue, where he earned 1987 All-Big Ten honors as a senior under current Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett and also ran the 200-meters and 400-meters for the Boilermakers' track team. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in criminal justice.
Dishman prepped at St. Francis DeSales High School in Louisville, Ky., and was a two-time all-state selection in 1981 and 1982.
