1. James Patrick Dixon II was born on November 10,1965 and is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs men's team, where he played college ball.
31 Facts About Jamie Dixon
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Jamie Dixon previously served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team from 2003 through 2016.
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Jamie Dixon was named Big East Coach of the Year in 2004, Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2009, Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year in 2010, and the Sporting News National Coach of the Year award in 2011.
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Jamie Dixon played college basketball at Texas Christian University, was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 1987 NBA draft, and played professionally with the Continental Basketball Association's Lacrosse Catbirds and for Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand National Basketball League.
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Jamie Dixon was born in Los Angeles County in Burbank, California, to Marge and Jim Jamie Dixon.
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Jamie Dixon played basketball at Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.
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Jamie Dixon wanted to play college basketball at the University of California, Santa Barbara, but the UCSB Gauchos' top recruiter, assistant coach Ben Howland, decided not to sign him.
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Jamie Dixon was selected in the seventh round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets.
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Jamie Dixon considered using his finance degree for a job earning $20,000 annually, but instead played with the La Crosse Catbirds in the Continental Basketball Association for $400 per week.
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Jamie Dixon played two seasons, earning All-Star Five honors in 1989 and 1990.
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Jamie Dixon's career ended in 1990 after he was injured playing in the Netherlands.
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Jamie Dixon was accidentally kneed in the midsection while diving for a loose ball, and suffered a ruptured pancreas, a rare basketball injury.
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Jamie Dixon spent 90 days in the hospital, unable to eat for weeks, and saw his weight drop by a quarter from 200 pounds to 150.
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Jamie Dixon began his coaching career in 1989 as the head coach at Te Aute College, a secondary school in New Zealand, before serving as an assistant at Los Angeles Valley College from 1989 to 1991.
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Jamie Dixon then served as an assistant at Northern Arizona University under Howland, who had become a head coach.
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Jamie Dixon won 188 games in his first seven seasons, tying the NCAA Division I record for most wins in the first seven seasons of a head coaching career.
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Jamie Dixon won Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2004 for leading Pitt to a school-record 31 wins and the Big East regular season championship.
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Jamie Dixon took Pitt to the final game of the Big East men's basketball tournament in 2004,2006,2007 and 2008, winning the 2008 Big East tournament Championship against No 1 seed Georgetown.
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Jamie Dixon is Pitt's first and only head coach to guide the Panthers to seven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and seven consecutive seasons of at least 20 overall wins and 10 league wins.
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Jamie Dixon guided Pitt to yet another NCAA Tournament appearance, their seventh in his first seven years as head coach, and was awarded both the Big East Coach of the Year and Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Awards by CollegeInsider.
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Jamie Dixon is the first and only head coach in Pitt's history to lead his team to seven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
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Jamie Dixon stands second on Pitt's all-time wins list, behind only the legendary Doc Carlson.
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On October 23,2010, Jamie Dixon received national attention when he assisted in removing victims from a severe car accident in a Pittsburgh suburb.
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Outside of basketball, Jamie Dixon has been credited with a peripheral role in the Big East's decision to invite TCU to become the conference's 17th member.
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On March 21,2016, Jamie Dixon accepted the head coaching position at his alma mater.
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The Horned Frogs continued a series of program firsts under Jamie Dixon, including winning a game in the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years for the first time and making three consecutive Tournaments from 2022 to 2024.
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Jamie Dixon became the head coach of the United States under-19 men's national basketball team in 2009.
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Jamie Dixon starred in various commercials as a child and into his early twenties, including ads for Volvo, Rice Krispies, Mattel and Bud Light.
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Jamie Dixon was the coach for Army at the time of her death.
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The basketball tournament Maggie Jamie Dixon Classic is played in her honor.
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Jamie Dixon is married to his wife Jacqueline, and they have a son, Jack, and a daughter, Shannon.