He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Normal College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—from 1914 to 1916, compiling a record of 6–10–1.

In what was called the program's "Greatest pre-World War I success", the team lost to Ole Miss by a score of 13 to 7.

[3] Due to World War I, the school ceased competing in football after completion of the 1916 season and did not restart the program until 1919.

[4] While at Mississippi Normal, Dille also served as the head basketball coach from 1913 until the conclusion of the 1915–16 season, during which time his teams produced a record of 29–14 (.674).

[5] In 1917, Dille was hired as the principal and agriculturalist at the newly-formed Tallachatchie County Agricultural High School in Charleston, Mississippi.