Jamie Dixon
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
North Hollywood, CA
High School:
Notre Dame High School
- Earned Naismith Award as National Coach of the Year in 2009
- Won 2008 Big East Conference Tournament championship
- Assistant coach at Los Angeles Valley Junior College (CA) under Jim Stephens for two seasons in 1989-90 and 1990-91, at UC Santa Barbara under Jerry Pimm for two seasons in 1991-92 and 1992-93, at Hawaii under Riley Wallace for two seasons in 1993-94 and 1998-99, at Northern Arizona under Ben Howland for four seasons from 1994-95 through 1997-98, and at Pittsburgh under Howland for four seasons from 1999-2000 through 2002-03
- Major-college career playing statistics under Jim Killingsworth (8.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 45.5 FG%, 71.8 FT%, 45.1 3FG%). All-SWC second-team selection as a senior. Seventh-round NBA draft choice of the Washington Bullets in 1987
- Final Top 20 Rankings (seven: AP/USA)--2004 (9/7), 2006 (16/18), 2007 (13/10), 2008 (17/18), 2009 (4/6), 2010 (18/20) and 2011 (4/12)
- All-Americans (three): DeJuan Blair (2009), Aaron Gray (2007) and Sam Young (2009).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31-5 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
20-9 | 10-6 | 5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-8 | 10-6 | T-4th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
29-8 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
27-10 | 10-8 | 7th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
31-5 | 15-3 | T-2nd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
25-9 | 13-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
28-6 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA | |||
2011-12 |
- Seven-Year Coaching Record: 188-54 (.777) at Pittsburgh
- 83-35 (.703) in Big East Conference
- 11-6 (.647) in Big East Tournament
- 10-7 (.588) in NCAA Tournament