Sam Dixon is a high school basketball coach

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. Since April 2002 he has been the eighth head coach of women's basketball

Basketball

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 coach at Furman University

Furman University

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. In the first five years at Furman, he had a .497 winning percentage.

Dixon was born in Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, Illinois

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 and played for Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio

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, and for the College of Wooster, where he received a bachelor of arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in physical education

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 in 1979 and was inducted into the Wooster College Hall of Fame in 1989. He also has a master's degree

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 from Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

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, and a Ph.D.

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 from University of New Mexico

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 in 1997, both in physical education.

He coached women's basketball as an assistant at Clemson University

Clemson University

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 from 1999 to 2001, and before that at the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

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 in 1998–1999. He served as an assistant men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...

, Davidson University, Kent State University

Kent State University

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, and Northern Kentucky University

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, as well as Harrison High School

Harrison High School (Georgia)

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 in Kennesaw, Georgia

Kennesaw, Georgia

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