JAMIE DIXON
Head Basketball Coach, University of Pittsburgh

Beginning his fifth season as the University of Pittsburgh’s head men’s basketball coach, Jamie Dixon has certainly made his mark on the Pitt program. Dixon, who has spent a total of nine years at Pitt, has compiled several coaching milestones:

• He became the first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to four consecutive 20-win seasons and four straight 10-plus win Big East regular seasons.

• Is the first head coach at Pitt to lead the school to four straight NCAA Tournaments. Dixon has also guided Pitt to NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances in two of his first four seasons (2004 and 2007).
• His 105 wins rank tied for second among the all-time best starts to an NCAA Division I coaching career after four seasons.
• Is one of only nine coaches in NCAA Division I history to win over 100 games during the first four seasons of a coaching career.
• Reached 100 wins at Pitt faster than any other coach in school history. Dixon needed only 126 games to reach the milestone. Only 14 coaches in the history of college basketball reached 100 career victories faster than Dixon.
• Amassed a four-year 45-19 Big East regular-season record, the best record in school history.
• Recorded the best career winning percentage among Big East coaches (.693).
• Tallied a 64-8 home record in his first four seasons.
• Advanced to the Big East Championship final in three of his first four seasons as head coach at Pitt.
• Became the first rookie head coach in Big East history to both guide his team to the league’s regular-season title and earn Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04. Dixon earned those accolades after leading the Panthers to their third consecutive Big East regular-season title and second all-time overall Big East title, third straight NCAA Tournament “Sweet Sixteen” appearance and to a school-record 31 wins. In addition, the 31 victories rank as the third all-time highest total in NCAA Division I history for a first-year head coach. Dixon also led Pitt on an 18-game win streak to begin the 2003-04 season, a streak which ranks as the third-best start for a rookie head coach in NCAA Division I history.

JOE WOOTTEN

• Has just completed his 9th season at O’Connell where he has led the Knights to an average of 24 wins per year. All of this after taking over a program that had won just six games prior to his arrival
• Has Led O’Connell to 4 VA State Championships, 3 WCAC Regular Season Championships, 3 ACIT Championships and 1 WCAC Tournament Title, three 30 win seasons and one 29 win season

• 21 of his former players have played or are playing college athletics and 5 of his former coaches have moved on to become (2) Head High School Coaches, (2) Assistants on the Collegiate Level (Villanova and the Citadel) and (1) a Head College Coach (Marymount University)
• Selected at the Arlington County Coach of the Year 3 times, WCAC Coach of the Year 1 time and VA State Coach of the Year 3 times
• Has spoken at Clinics Throughout the country including: South Carolina, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Delaware, Missouri, Michigan, and Minnesota.
• Former assistant Coach at Division 1 Furman University where he was the youngest assistant in the NCAA
• Has led O’Connell to three 30 win seasons and one 29 win season in his 9 years at the helm and 4 finishes in the top twenty five in the nation
• Named by the Washingtonian Magazine as “one of the 100 people to watch” in the 21st century
• Member of the selection committee for the McDonalds All America Game
  

BOB MCKILLOP
Bob McKillop just completed his 19th season at the helm of the Wildcats, which also happened to be his most successful. The 2007-08 NABC National Coach of the Year led Davidson to the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Championship
game with victories over Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin. The Wildcats unbelievable run ended
with a two-point loss to eventual tournament champion Kansas, and Davidson finished the campaign
with a final ranking of ninth in the ESPN/USA Today Poll.