Dineen worked under head coach Joe Paterson. The next season, he was named head coach and general manager of the Macon Whoopee of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) for the 2001–02 season.
Dineen served under Joe Paterson as head coach, then became head coach and general manager of the Macon Whoopee in the ECHL for the 2001–02 season.