Jamie Dixon

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Jamie Dixon

Jamie Dixon (b. November 10, 1965 in North Hollywood, California) is an American college head coach of men's basketball.

He first became a head coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003, and has an overall record of 105-30. His 105 victories are the second most by a college head coach in the first four years of their career. Previously he was an assistant coach to Ben Howland at Northern Arizona University and Pitt. When Howland left Pitt following the 2002-03 season to become head coach at UCLA, Dixon was promoted.

Dixon is a 1987 graduate of Texas Christian University. He was also an assistant coach at UC-Santa Barbara and the University of Hawaii.

He won Big East Coach of the Year in 2004, and he took Pitt to finals of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament in 2004, 2006 and 2007. He has won 20+ games four times (2004-07), and has been to the NCAA tournament each year as well. In the current 2006-07 season, he led the Panthers to the Sweet 16 where they lost to UCLA, coached by his former mentor Howland. This is Pitt's second Sweet 16 appearance under Dixon, also reaching the round of sixteen in 2004.

On March 25, 2006 Dixon agreed to terms of a contract extension to be Pitt's head coach until the 2012-13 season.

Jamie's sister, Maggie Dixon, was the women's head basketball coach at Army. She died aged 28 on April 6, 2006 after collapsing due to an arrhythmic episode to the heart.