Jamie Dixon
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| Jamie Dixon | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Pittsburgh | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | November 10, 1965 | |
| Place of birth |  Burbank, California |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| Big East Regular Season Championship (2004) | ||
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| Big East Coach of the Year (2004) | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1984–1987 | TCU | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1989–1991 1991–1992 1992–1994 1994–1998 1998–1999 1999–2003 2003–present |
Los Angeles Valley CC UC Santa Barbara (asst.) Hawaii (asst.) Northern Arizona (asst.) Hawaii (asst.) Pittsburgh (asst.) Pittsburgh |
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Jamie Dixon (b. November 10, 1965 in Burbank, California) is head coach of the University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team.
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 Pittsburgh. When Howland left Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh to finals of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008, winning in 2008 against #1 seed Georgetown. He has won 20+ games five times (2004-08), and has been to the NCAA tournament each year as well. In the 2006-07 season, he led the Panthers to the Sweet 16 where they lost to UCLA, coached by his former mentor Howland. This was Pittsburgh'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.
On March 28, 2008 Dixon turned down an offer to become California's men's basketball coach.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 2003–2004 | Pittsburgh | 31-5 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Pittsburgh | 20-9 | 10-6 | 5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Pittsburgh | 25-8 | 10-6 | T-4th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Pittsburgh | 29-8 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Pittsburgh | 27-10 | 10-8 | 7th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| Pittsburgh: | 132-40 | 55-27 | |||||||
| Total: | 132-40 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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[edit] See also
- Maggie Dixon (1977-2006), Jamie Dixon's younger sister previously coach of the Army Black Knights women's basketball program
[edit] References
- Sciullo, Sam, Jr. (2005). Pitt: 100 Years of Pitt Basketball. Champaign: Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-59670-081-5.
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