Westminster’s athletics program is one of the most storied in the state and the Dimon name is an integral part of the school and its athletics success.
The two go hand-in-hand, but the family ties to the program might not be known as well as it could.
Or should.
Scoot Dimon, a 1970 graduate of Westminster, was inducted into the school’s Breithaupt Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018 and has been a staple of the school’s existence for as long as many Wildcats can remember.
He began his journey when he walked onto the campus in 1964.
“I’ve been here off and on for 52 years,” Dimon told editor John Sheehan of the Westminster Bi-Line in 2017 on the eve of his retirement. He was inducted into the hall of fame as a coach for tennis.
“I came as a seventh grader in 1964,” he said. “I haven’t been here every year, but I was here as a kid, and I came back to work here 26 years ago, and it’s been a great part of my life.”
Scoot coached the boys tennis program to championships from 1992-2005 and then coached the girls teams from 2006-2017 and won titles in 2013, 2014 and 2017. The elder Dimon not only coached his son, Ricky, to championships. He later coached the Wildcats to championships alongside his son, who served as his assistant.
Ricky was a student athlete at Westminster from 1998-2002 and was successful in tennis and cross country. He joined the coaching staff at Westminster as a girls tennis and boys cross country coach. Through his playing and coaching career, you’d be hard-pressed to find a person in the state with more championship hardware.
As a student athlete, the younger Dimon won three titles in tennis under his father’s coaching in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and captured four championships in cross country from 1998-2001. His earliest championship as a coach was in 2010, when he helped lead the boys cross country team to the title.
From 2017-2023, Dimon helped the cross country team to seven-consecutive titles. As the girls tennis coach for 16 seasons, Dimon won titles in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and last season.
“It would have been eight girls tennis titles,” Dimon said, begrudgingly. “But in 2016 it was taken away and given to Savannah Arts due to an illegal lineup.”
That’s a total of 22 state championships for Ricky. Coupled with his father’s titles, the Dimon family trophy case is pretty stacked.
“Go Cats,” Ricky said.
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