Assistant General Manager
Gavin Dickey was promoted to assistant general manager in November of 2023 after spending the 2023 season as special assistant to the general manager. 2026 is his third season as an assistant general manager.
He has been with the Astros organization since 2011, which is when he was hired as an area scout. As part of his current duties, Dickey oversees player development, player personnel, minor league operations, and advanced scouting.
After a six-year minor league playing career as an outfielder, Dickey was hired by the Astros as an area scout in September of 2011, covering South Texas. From 2013-15, his territory to cover was moved to Georgia and North Florida. In 2016, he was promoted to regional cross checker, covering the Southeast region of the country, before being named national crosschecker in 2018. In 2021, he was named as a special assignment scout, handling those duties until 2023 when he was promoted to special assistant to the general manager.
Dickey was originally drafted out of the University of Florida by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 2006 June Draft. He ended up playing six seasons of minor league baseball (2006-11) advancing as high as Double-A.
Prior to his college career, Dickey was a highly-recruited quarterback and centerfielder at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, FL. As a quarterback, Dickey received several scholarship offers before deciding to attend the University of Florida, where he played football and baseball.
Dickey and his wife, Rachel, have three children, sons Tristan and Jonah and a daughter, Alessa.