Maggie Dixon Award

Maggie Dixon Award
Awarded for the nation's top NCAA Division I rookie head coach
Presented by Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
Country United States
First awarded 2007
Currently held by Stephanie Glance, Illinois State
Official website Official site

The Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually since 2007 to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who achieves great success in her first year as a Division I head coach. Given by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), the award is named for former women's head coach Maggie Dixon, who coached at Army for the 2005–06 season before suddenly dying due to valve complications from an enlarged heart. Dixon had been named head coach just 11 days before the start of the season but led the Black Knights to a 20–11 record and won the Patriot League tournament championship.[1] It was Army's first basketball team, men or women, to play in the NCAA Tournament. Although Army would lose in the first round to Tennessee, Dixon was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year and received much praise from the college basketball community for her coaching job in just her first season. On April 6, 2006, Dixon died at the age of 28 to what her brother, Jamie Dixon, described as an "arrhythmic episode to her heart."[1]

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Winners

     *      Awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year the same season
Year Coach School Record Reference
2006–07 Kilburn-Steveskey, KristaKrista Kilburn-Steveskey Hofstra 26–8 [2]
2007–08 Walz, JeffJeff Walz Louisville 26–10 [3]
2008–09 Packard, KellyKelly Packard Ball State 26–9 [4]
2009–10 Weatherspoon, TeresaTeresa Weatherspoon Louisiana Tech 23–9 [5]
2010–11 Glance, StephanieStephanie Glance Illinois State 24–10 [6]

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Ball State 1 2009
Hofstra 1 2007
Illinois State 1 2011
Louisiana Tech 1 2010
Louisville 1 2008

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Maggie Dixon Story: An Inspiring Legacy". DePaul University. 20 November 2009. http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=204837389&DB_OEM_ID=15600. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
  2. ^ "Krista Kilburn-Steveskey bio". Hofstra University. 2010. http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22200&ATCLID=3715489. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
  3. ^ "Jeff Walz Named WBCA Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year". Louisville University. 1 April 2008. http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaa.html. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "Packard Named Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach Of The Year". Ball State University. 30 March 2009. http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=3703564. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
  5. ^ "LA Tech's Teresa Weatherspoon Takes Home Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Accolade". SportsPageMagazine.com. 29 March 2010. http://www.sportspagemagazine.com/content/bb/wc-bb/ln-wc-bb/la-techs-teresa-weatherspoon-takes-home-maggie-dix.shtml?39524. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
  6. ^ Reinhardt, Randy (29 March 2011). "ISU's Glance named top 1st-year basketball coach". Pantagraph.com. http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_4de23f7c-5a32-11e0-91c4-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved 2 April 2011. 

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Women's college basketball awards (United States)
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Individual awards
Coach awards
Conference Players of the Year
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See also: Men's college basketball awards