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Juan Dixon

Juan Max Dixon (born October 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the previous head coach for Coppin State University in Baltimore. Dixon led the University of Maryland Terrapins to their first NCAA championship in 2002 and earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the 2002 Final Four.

Juan Max Dixon
Personal information
Born (1978-10-09) October 9, 1978 (age 46)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolCalvert Hall (Towson, Maryland)
CollegeMaryland (1998–2002)
NBA draft2002: 1st round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Playing career2002–2011
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Number3, 8, 12
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2005Washington Wizards
2005–2007Portland Trail Blazers
2007–2008Toronto Raptors
2008Detroit Pistons
2008–2009Washington Wizards
2009Aris Thessaloniki
2009–2010Unicaja Málaga
2011Bandırma Banvit
As coach:
2016–2017District of Columbia (women)
2017–2023Coppin State
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • MEAC North division champion (2021)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  United States
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing Team competition

Early life

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Dixon was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where he attended Lake Clifton High School as a freshman.[1] He then attended and played basketball at Calvert Hall, a high school in Towson, Maryland. While at Calvert Hall, he scored 1,590 career points under the tutelage of head coach Mark Amatucci.

Both his mother, Juanita, and father, Phil, were addicted to heroin, and died of AIDS-related illnesses before Dixon was 17 years old.[2] He was then raised by his grandparents Roberta and Warnick Graves in Baltimore.

Dixon's aunt, Sheila Dixon, was the mayor of Baltimore.[3] Dixon's half brother is Jermaine Dixon, who played shooting guard for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers basketball team.[4] His second cousin Brandon Driver played cornerback for the San Jose State Spartans football team.[5] In 2016, Juan Dixon discovered that Phil Dixon was not his biological father, and that his biological father Bruce Flanigan was still alive. Flanigan had an affair with Juanita Dixon while she was separated from Phil, and a blood test confirmed his paternity. Dixon and Flanigan reconnected and became good friends.[6][7]

Personal life

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Dating since 1996, Dixon married his high-school sweetheart, Robyn Bragg, in July 2005.[8] She works in the public relations field and was a cast member in the Bravo reality television show The Real Housewives of Potomac from 2016 to 2024. They have two sons, Corey (b. 2008) and Carter (b. 2010). The two divorced in March 2012 but still lived together in Maryland after their divorce.[9][10][11] In August 2022, the couple remarried.[12]

Playing career

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College

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Dixon arrived at the University of Maryland, College Park after head coach Gary Williams inadvertently discovered him at an AAU tournament in Georgia. Williams watched as Dixon dove for the ball down 20 points with two minutes to go. Williams was impressed by the effort.[13]

Dixon played in 34 games his freshman year and averaged 7.4 points per game. He made improvements in his sophomore year as he averaged 18 points per game and was selected to the 1999–2000 All-ACC team.

Both Dixon and the Terps entered the 2000–01 season with high expectations. The Terps began ranked in the top ten in most major polls while Dixon was a candidate for the Naismith Award Player of the Year award and the Wooden Award Player of the Year award. Dixon helped lead the Terps to their first ever Final Four appearance where the team lost to Duke. Dixon ended the season averaging 18.2 points per game and was again elected to the All-ACC first team.

Maryland began the 2001–02 season ranked #2 in ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. Dixon led the Terps to a 32–4 record and the school's first ever National Championship. He was voted to All-ACC team and was also a first team All-American. He was also recognized as one of the nation's best college players and was honored as the 2002 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and ACC Athlete of the Year.

He became Maryland men's basketball's all-time leading scorer when he scored 29 points against Wisconsin to help Maryland advance to the Sweet Sixteen, passing Len Bias (2,149 points). He also became the only player in NCAA history to accumulate 2,000 points, 300 steals and 200 three-point field goals. In addition to leaving Maryland as the highest-scoring men's player, Dixon also left as the school's all-time men's leader in three-pointers made (239) and attempted (615). He is second on Maryland's all-time steals list with 333 and third in free-throw percentage (.850).[14] Dixon also stands as Maryland's all-time NCAA Tournament scoring leader with 294. Upon completion of his career, Dixon's #3 jersey was honored and now hangs in the Xfinity Center. In 2002, Juan Dixon was honored as a part of the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team, one of only 8 Terrapins selected to the 50-man team. After his senior season, Dixon was featured on the cover of a video game, NCAA Final Four 2003.

NBA

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Dixon as a member of the Washington Wizards.

Dixon was drafted 17th overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2002 NBA draft. He spent the first three years of his NBA career with the Wizards. In his third season in Washington (2004–05), he averaged eight points per game, including a career-high 35 points in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Chicago Bulls. Dixon signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers during the summer of 2005. Soon after, his Wizards and Terrapins teammate and friend Steve Blake signed with Portland as well. In his first game back in D.C., Dixon was given a standing ovation from the Verizon Center crowd upon coming off the bench towards the end of the first quarter.[15] In Dixon's first year with the Blazers, he started 42 times and played in 76 games. In his last year with the Wizards, he only started four games and played in 63. He also increased his, assists, and shooting percentage considerably in Portland. However, he was later traded at the 2007 NBA trade deadline to Toronto for Fred Jones and future considerations.[16]

On the 2008 NBA trade deadline, February 21, 2008, Dixon was traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for center Primož Brezec and cash considerations.[17]

On September 24, 2008, the Washington Wizards signed Dixon to a partially guaranteed one-year deal for $1.03 million, the veterans' minimum for a player with Dixon's experience.

Dixon's final NBA game was on April 15, 2009, in a 107–115 loss to the Boston Celtics where he recorded 3 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals. On September 28, 2009, Juan Dixon signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks. He was waived October 20, 2009.[18]

Europe

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On November 1, 2009, Dixon signed with Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek A1 League.[19] The next season, he joined Unicaja Málaga of Spain. In February 2010, he was suspended indefinitely by FIBA after testing positive for steroids.[20] In March 2011, he signed with Bandırma Banvit in Turkey.[21] He played one season before entering the coaching profession.

Coaching career

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Dixon coaching Coppin State

On November 27, 2013, Dixon joined the Maryland Terrapin coaching staff as a special assistant under head coach Mark Turgeon.[22] In July 2016, Dixon was relieved of his duties.[23]

On October 14, 2016, Dixon was hired as head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).[24] After a 3–25 season, he was hired as men's head coach at Coppin State.[25] After 6 seasons earning only 51 wins as a division one head coach, he was fired in March 2023.[26]

Head coaching record

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Women's

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
District of Columbia (East Coast Conference) (2016–2017)
2016–17 District of Columbia 3–25 2–16 10th
District of Columbia: 3–25 (.107) 2–16 (.111)
Total: 3–25 (.107)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Men's

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Coppin State (MEAC) (2017–2023)
2017–18 Coppin State 5–27 5–11 11th
2018–19 Coppin State 8–25 7–9 8th
2019–20 Coppin State 11–20 7–9 7th
2020–21 Coppin State 9–13 8–4 T–1st (Northern)
2021–22 Coppin State 9–23 6–8 7th
2022–23 Coppin State 9–23 4–10 T–6th
Coppin State: 51–131 (.280) 37–51 (.420)
Total: 51–131 (.280)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Career statistics

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College

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Season Averages
Season Team G MIN PPG PTS RPG REB APG AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT%
1998–99 Maryland Terrapins 34 14.9 7.4 250 2.6 88 1.4 47 47 1 .443 .371 .830
1999–00 Maryland Terrapins 35 34.0 18.0 630 5.5 192 3.6 127 96 11 .462 .363 .865
2000–01 Maryland Terrapins 36 30.5 18.2 654 4.3 153 2.6 93 95 8 .483 .411 .865
2001–02 Maryland Terrapins 36 33.6 20.4 735 4.6 166 2.9 104 89 7 .469 .397 .898
Totals: 141 28.4 16.1 2269 4.2 599 2.6 371 327 27 .468 .389 .850

NBA

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 Washington 42 3 15.4 .384 .298 .804 1.7 1.0 .6 .1 6.4
2003–04 Washington 71 16 20.8 .388 .298 .799 2.1 1.9 1.2 .1 9.4
2004–05 Washington 63 4 16.7 .416 .327 .897 1.9 1.8 .7 .1 8.0
2005–06 Portland 76 42 25.3 .435 .382 .804 2.3 2.0 .8 .1 12.3
2006–07 Portland 55 1 22.6 .426 .364 .833 1.5 1.5 .9 .1 8.9
2006–07 Toronto 26 5 26.3 .425 .325 .932 2.8 1.6 1.0 .1 11.1
2007–08 Toronto 36 0 11.8 .369 .436 .947 1.3 1.8 .6 .1 4.3
2007–08 Detroit 17 0 14.4 .480 .394 .429 1.6 1.9 .0 .0 6.5
2008–09 Washington 50 6 16.3 .395 .333 .872 1.3 2.4 .7 .1 5.2
Career 436 77 19.5 .413 .341 .833 1.9 1.8 .8 .1 8.4

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005 Washington 10 0 21.9 .406 .324 .840 2.6 1.3 .7 .0 11.4
2007 Toronto 6 0 10.5 .381 .250 .000 .7 .5 1.2 .0 3.0
2008 Detroit 2 0 3.5 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 18 0 16.1 .395 .310 .840 1.7 .9 .8 .0 7.3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Satterfield, Lem (January 5, 1997). "Calvert Hall's Juan Dixon, headed for Maryland next season, is admired not only for his on-court skills, but for the way he -- and his family -- have dealt with some tough challenges". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010.
  2. ^ Myslenski, Skip (March 28, 2002). "Maryland's Juan Dixon has overcome a perilous childhood and his parents' deaths to become one of the nation's top players". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ Washington, The (January 17, 2007). "Dixon elevated to Baltimore mayor". Washington Times. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "Player Bio: Jermaine Dixon – PittsburghPanthers.com – University of Pittsburgh Official Athletic Site". Pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com. April 15, 1987. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  5. ^ "Brandon Driver – SJSUSpartans.com – Official Web Site of San Jose State Athletics". SJSU Spartans. September 9, 1987. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  6. ^ Markus, Don (November 26, 2016). "Juan Dixon forges relationship with the father he didn't know existed". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "HBO GO®. It's HBO. Anywhere.®". HBO GO®. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "Ex-Terp Dixon weds today, may also say 'I do' to Portland". July 30, 2005. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "10 years after the national title, Juan Dixon says he's 'going to get back to the NBA'". March 31, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "The Beauty Diaries - Washingtonian". January 30, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  11. ^ "Real Housewives of Potomac: Who is Robyn Dixon? | the Daily Dish". www.bravotv.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016.
  12. ^ "Robyn Dixon and Juan Dixon Are Married Again! RHOP to Air Surprise Wedding in Season 7 Finale". Peoplemag. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "Sweet Redemption", by Gary Williams, David A Vise (2002)
  14. ^ "MBK Record Book (PDF)" (PDF). University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  15. ^ "Wizards 96, Blazers 89". Sportsline. June 11, 2008. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  16. ^ The Official Site of the Portland Trail Blazers. "Portland acquires Fred Jones from Toronto, send Dixon to Raptors". NBA. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  17. ^ "NBA: Raptors deal Dixon". Retrieved February 21, 2008.[dead link‍]
  18. ^ Carter, Ivan (September 24, 2008). "Wizards Bring Back Dixon". Washington Post. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  19. ^ Στον Άρη ο Χουάν Ντίξον (in Greek)
  20. ^ "Former NBA player banned after steroid test". Usa Today. February 13, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  21. ^ Banvit, Juan Dixon İle Anlaştı Archived 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  22. ^ Markus, Don (November 27, 2013). "Dixon to join Terps men's basketball staff as special assistant". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  23. ^ "Terps relieve ex-star Dixon of assistant duties". ESPN.com. July 6, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  24. ^ "Former Terps star Juan Dixon hired as UDC women's basketball coach". Washington Post. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  25. ^ Markus, Don (April 22, 2017). "Former Terp Juan Dixon to be next men's basketball coach at Coppin State". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  26. ^ https://www.si.com/college/2023/03/15/coppin-state-fires-mens-basketball-coach-juan-dixon
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