Sam Dixon (basketball coach)

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Sam Dixon (born July 29, 1957) is a high school basketball coach. Since April 2002 he has been the eighth head coach of women's basketball coach at Furman University. In the first five years at Furman, he had a .497 winning percentage.

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.

He coached women's basketball as an assistant at Clemson University from 1999 to 2001, and before that at the University of Arizona in 1998–1999. 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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (2002–present)
2002-2003	Furman	16-13	11-7	4th
2003-2004	Furman	18-11	14-6	2nd
2004-2005	Furman	18-10	12-7	3rd
2005-2006	Furman	10-24	6-14	9th
2006-2007	Furman	11-20	6-13	8th
2007-2008	Furman	10-20	5-13	7th
2008-2009	Furman	12-18	6-14	9th
2009-2010	Furman	7-24	4-16	11th
Total:
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