Juan Max Dixon

Personal information
Born	(1978-10-09)October 9, 1978 (age 46) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Calvert Hall (Towson, Maryland)
College	Maryland (1998–2002)
NBA draft	2002: 1st round, 17th overall pick
Drafted by	Washington Wizards
Playing career	2002–2011
Position	Point guard /shooting guard
Number	3, 8, 12
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As a player:
2002–2005	Washington Wizards
2005–2007	Portland Trail Blazers
2007–2008	Toronto Raptors
2008	Detroit Pistons
2008–2009	Washington Wizards
2009	Aris Thessaloniki
2009–2010	Unicaja Málaga
2011	Bandırma Banvit
As a coach:
2016–2017	District of Columbia (women)
2017–2023	Coppin State
Career highlights and awards
As player: NCAA champion (2002) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2002) Consensus first-teamAll-American (2002) Third-team All-American –NABC (2001) Senior CLASS Award (2002) Chip Hilton Player of the Year (2002) ACC Player of the Year (2002) ACC Athlete of the Year (2002) 3× First-teamAll-ACC (2000–2002) As coach: MEAC North division champion (2021)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats atBasketball Reference
Medals Men'sBasketball Representing United States Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing Team competition

Juan Max Dixon (born October 9, 1978) is an American former professionalbasketball player and the previous head coach forCoppin State University inBaltimore. Dixon led theUniversity of MarylandTerrapins to their firstNCAA championship in 2002 and earnedMost Outstanding Player honors at the2002 Final Four.

Dixon was born inBaltimore, Maryland, where he attendedLake Clifton High School as a freshman.^[1] He then attended and played basketball atCalvert Hall, a high school inTowson, 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 toheroin, and died ofAIDS-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'shalf brother is Jermaine Dixon, who played shooting guard for theUniversity of PittsburghPanthers basketball team.^[4] His second cousin Brandon Driver played cornerback for theSan Jose StateSpartans 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]

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 showThe 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 inMaryland after their divorce.^[9][10][11] In August 2022, the couple remarried.^[12]

Dixon arrived at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park after head coachGary Williams inadvertently discovered him at anAAU 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 the1999–2000 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 everFinal Four appearance where the team lost toDuke. 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 inESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. Dixon led the Terps to a 32–4 record and the school's first everNational 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 2002ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year andACC 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, passingLen Bias (2,149 points). He also became the only player inNCAA history to accumulate 2,000 points, 300 steals and 200three-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 theXfinity Center. In 2002, Juan Dixon was honored as a part of theACC 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.

Dixon was drafted 17th overall by theWashington Wizards in the2002 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 theChicago Bulls. Dixon signed as afree agent with thePortland Trail Blazers during the summer of 2005. Soon after, his Wizards and Terrapins teammate and friendSteve Blake signed with Portland as well. In his first game back inD.C., Dixon was given a standing ovation from theVerizon 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 forFred Jones and future considerations.^[16]

On the 2008 NBAtrade deadline, February 21, 2008, Dixon was traded from theToronto Raptors to theDetroit Pistons in exchange forcenterPrimož 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 theBoston Celtics where he recorded 3 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals. On September 28, 2009, Juan Dixon signed a contract with theAtlanta Hawks. He was waived October 20, 2009.^[18]

On November 1, 2009, Dixon signed withAris Thessaloniki of theGreek A1 League.^[19] The next season, he joinedUnicaja Málaga of Spain. In February 2010, he was suspended indefinitely byFIBA after testing positive for steroids.^[20] In March 2011, he signed withBandırma Banvit in Turkey.^[21] He played one season before entering the coaching profession.

On November 27, 2013, Dixon joined theMaryland Terrapin coaching staff as a special assistant under head coachMark 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 atCoppin State.^[25] After 6 seasons earning only 51 wins as a division one head coach, he was fired in March 2023.^[26]

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career steals leaders

Wikimedia Commons has media related toJuan Dixon.

• Career statistics fromNBA.com and Basketball Reference 
• Eurocup Profile
• Terrapinstats.com - Juan Dixon College Profile

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