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Jamie Dixon Biography

Jamie Dixon is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on November 10, 1965 in North Hollywood, California, United States. The University of Pittsburgh basketball coach and the FIBA Under-19 USA basketball team that won the international gold medal.

He coached many fine NBA prospects, including power forward Among the fine NBA prospects he coached was power forward Dejuan Blair..

Dixon was selected in the seventh round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets (known now as the Washington Wizards). He was cut early by the team. He consider 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. In 1989, he moved to New Zealand and played for the Hawke’s Bay Hawks in the National Basketball League. He played two seasons, earning All-Star Five honors in 1989 and 1990. His career ended in 1990 after he was injured playing in the Netherlands. He was accidentally kneed in the midsection while diving for a loose ball, and suffered a ruptured pancreas, a rare basketball injury. He spent 90 days in the hospital, unable to eat for weeks, and saw his weight drop by a quarter from 200 pounds (91 kg) to 150 (68).

With the TCU Horned Frogs, Dixon led the Southwest Conference in assists as a senior, when he earned all-conference honors and led the team to the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

He was blessed with one son and one girl, Jacqueline, his wife.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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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. He 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. He 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. In the NCAA tournament, Dixon led Pitt to the Sweet Sixteen in 2004 and 2007 and to the Elite Eight in 2009, a year that saw his Panthers earn their first-ever No.1 rankings in the AP Poll and Coaches’ Poll, their first-ever victories over a No.1 ranked team (UConn, twice), and their first ever No.1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (East Region).

Jamie Dixon Net Worth

Jamie Dixon is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jamie Dixon's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before he became a coach, he played for Texas Christian University and Hawke’s Bay Hawks for one year.

Pittsburgh was among the top five national teams in winning percentage during his tenure. In 2013, the University awarded him a 10-year extension to his contract.

James Patrick Dixon II (born November 10, 1965) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs men’s basketball team, where he played college basketball. He previously served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh men’s basketball team from 2003 through 2016.

Dixon has 2 sisters: Julie and Maggie. Maggie died from heart conditions in 2006 at the age of 28. She was the coach for Army at the time of her death. The basketball tournament Maggie Dixon Classic is played in her honor.

Dixon became the head coach of the United States under-19 men’s national basketball team in 2009. That summer, he led the United States to its first gold medal in 18 years in the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship held in Auckland, New Zealand. For this accomplishment, Dixon was later named USA Basketball Coach of the Year.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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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 1989–1991. After his playing career ended, he got a graduate assistant position at UCSB with the help of Howland, and later became an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii. Dixon then served as an assistant at Northern Arizona University under Howland, who had become a head coach. After a brief stint as an assistant at Hawaii under Riley Wallace, Dixon was reunited with Howland at Pitt in 1999. He was promoted as Pittsburgh’s head coach when Howland left for UCLA following the 2002–03 season.

Outside of basketball, Dixon has been credited with a peripheral role in the Big East’s decision to invite TCU to become the conference’s 17th member. Specifically, he suggested to TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte that the school pursue Big East membership during a conversation at the 2010 TCU–Baylor football game. TCU would end up going to the Big 12 Conference instead.

Who is Jamie Dixon Dating?

According to our records, Jamie Dixon married to Jacqueline Corteway Dixon . As of December 1, 2023, Jamie Dixon’s is not dating anyone.

In 2009, he was the head coach for the FIBA Under-19 2009 gold-medal winning United States national basketball team for which he was named the 2009 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year. 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. 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.

Facts & Trivia

Jamie Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jamie Dixon celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.

Dixon was named the 2010–11 Sporting News National Coach of the Year.

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