Lane College Director of Athletics Derrick Burroughs has announced the hiring of Surina Dixon. The veteran coach joins the athletics staff at Lane College as the new head women’s basketball coach. It will be her second stint as head coach for the Dragons.
Dixon spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati where she helped lead the Bearcats to consecutive 22+ win seasons, a WNIT Elite Eight appearance, and an American Athletic Conference tournament finals appearance – a first in school history.
Prior to her time at Cincinnati, Dixon was the head coach at Jackson State University where she posted 82 wins, including 55 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victories.
She served as head basketball coach at Southwind High School, in Memphis, Tennessee where she compiled a 67-20 overall record in three seasons.
From 2005-2007, Dixon was the head coach at Lane College. Before her time at Lane, Dixon spent four seasons as the head coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). While at UMES, she recorded three-straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament first round wins and graduated her student-athletes at a 99-percent rate.
In 1999, Dixon served as the head assistant coach at Arkansas State University where she helped lead the Lady Indians to their best start in school history and their first top-25 national ranking. Dixon also worked as an assistant coach at Texas Southern University where she helped guide the Lady Tigers to their best finish in over a decade in 1998.
Before joining the collegiate ranks, Dixon was a successful youth coach in Memphis. At Germantown Middle School, she won eight district and six county championships with a run of five undefeated seasons, posting a 165-29 overall record.
While transitioning from coaching middle school to college, Dixon had the opportunity to both play and coach two seasons of professional basketball with the WBA Memphis Blues. She was known as a crafty and intelligent player with a keen understanding of the game. Her court vision, along with her drive and determination, made her one of the best point guards in the league. She also worked as a coach and instructor at numerous camps, including the 1998 WNBA Utah Starzz free agent camp and the 1999 WNBA Houston Comets training camp.
A Mississippi Valley State graduate, Dixon was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Dixon also earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Mississippi.
She is a member of several professional and national organizations, including the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), the Black Coaches Association, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
There will be an introductory press conference on Wednesday, June 15th, on the campus of Lane College. The event will take place at the Cyber Cafe at 1:00 PM and will also include new baseball coach Donny Crawford.
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