Maggie Dixon
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 9, 1977 North Hollywood, California |
| Died | April 6, 2006 (aged 28) Valhalla, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | San Diego |
| Position(s) | Guard/forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2005 | DePaul (asst.) |
| 2005–2006 | Army |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2000–2001 | DePaul (dir. of ops.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20-11 (.645) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Margaret Mary "Maggie" Dixon (May 9, 1977 – April 6, 2006) was an American collegiate women's basketball coach.
Dixon was born in North Hollywood, California, and played basketball at Notre Dame High School. Dixon graduated in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in history from the University of San Diego, where she played for the women's basketball team. She served as team captain her senior year, and was voted as the "Most Improved Player". After an unsuccessful tryout for the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, she took up coaching, at the urging of her older brother. After one season as director of operations, Dixon was an assistant coach at DePaul University from 2001 to 2005 under Doug Bruno.
In 2005, just 11 days before the 2005–2006 season, Dixon was hired as the women's basketball coach of the United States Military Academy. In her first year, they surprised the college basketball world by going 20–11 and winning the Patriot League conference tournament; she took them to 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 15 seed, where they lost to the University of Tennessee, 102–54. It was the first NCAA tournament appearance for any Army basketball team.
Her brother is Jamie Dixon, the head men's basketball coach at Texas Christian University. In 2006, the Dixons became the first brother-sister pair to take teams to the NCAA basketball tournaments the same year, as Jamie's Pittsburgh Panthers also made the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Her brother lost in the second round to Bradley.
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