Sam Dixon (basketball)

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Sam Dixon

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Nebraska Wesleyan (women's basketball)
Conference	ARC
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	(1957-07-29) July 29, 1957
Playing career
Basketball
1975–1979	Wooster (M)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1980–1984	Northern (M) (assistant)
1984–1985	Kent State (M) (assistant)
1985–1987	Davidson (M) (assistant)
1987–1991	Denison (M)
1991–1995	Northern Illinois (M) (assistant)
1996–1997	New Mexico (M) (assistant)
1997–1998	Northern Illinois (M) (assistant)
1998–1999	Arizona (assistant)
1999–2001	Clemson (W) (assistant)
2002–2010	Furman (W)
2010–2012	Akron (W) (assistant)
2012–2017	Northwestern (W) (assistant)
2017–2022	Nebraska Wesleyan (W)
Golf
1988–1991	Denison (M)
Head coaching record
Overall	39–66 (men's basketball) 102–136 (women's basketball)

Sam Dixon (born July 29, 1957) is an American basketball coach. He is the head women's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Dixon served as the head women's basketball coach at Furman University from 2002 to 2010.

Dixon was born in Peoria, Illinois and played for Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio, and for the College of Wooster, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education in 1979 and was inducted into the Wooster College Hall of Fame in 1989. He also has a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University, and a Ph.D. from University of New Mexico in 1997, both in physical education.

Dixon coached women's basketball as an assistant at Clemson University from 1999 to 2001, and before that at the University of Arizona in 1998–99. He served as an assistant men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University, Davidson College, Kent State University, and Northern Kentucky University, as well as Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Head coaching record

Women's basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (2002–2010)
2002–03	Furman	16–13	11–7	4th
2003–04	Furman	18–11	14–6	2nd
2004–05	Furman	18–10	12–7	3rd
2005–06	Furman	10–24	6–14	9th
2006–07	Furman	11–20	6–13	8th
2007–08	Furman	10–20	5–13	7th
2008–09	Furman	12–18	6–14	9th
2009–10	Furman	7–24	4–16	11th
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (American Rivers Conference) (2017–2022)
2017–2018	Nebraska Wesleyan University	14–11	5–11	7th
2018–2019	Nebraska Wesleyan University	12–14	7–9	6th
Furman:		102–136	64–90
Nebraska Wesleyan:		38-70	18-54
Total:		140–206

External links

• Nebraska Wesleyan profile
• Northwestern profile
• Furman profile