Iris Dixon - Staff Profile
Asst. Women's Basketball Coach / Director of Athletic Student Support Services
Coach Dixon enters her 8th year at MBU as Assistant Coach of the Women’s Varsity Basketball Team. She has been an essential part of the program’s continued success. Under the direction of Head Coach Danny Wingate, Coach Dixon assisted in starting to rebuild the Women’s Basketball Program in the 2006-2007 Season. The Lady Spartans brought in several new student athletes to assist in the continuing stability within the Women’s Basketball Program. Prior to last season, the Lady Spartans reached its best finish in the 2005-2006 Season. The Lady Spartans finished with a 25-7 win/loss record and 1st in the American Midwest Conference (AMC). The Lady Spartans were the AMC regular season champions and received an at large bid to the NAIA National Tournament in Jackson, TN; the first in school’s history.
In addition to her duties as an Assistant Coach, Instructor in the Kinesiology Health and Sport Sciences Division where she teaches classes such as Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior and Sport Marketing that fall under the Sport Management Program.
Coach Dixon will head up the Women’s Junior Varsity program for the second year at MBU in addition to other responsibilities. The JV program will be instrumental in the development of young student athletes to transition from high school to college or from any other school to MBU, as well as providing the opportunity to move up to the women’s varsity program.
In addition to the duties and responsibilities held by Coach Dixon, she will assume the role of the Director of Student Athlete Services. Coach Dixon will be instrumental in assisting incoming student athletes by coordinating with the Admission, Financial Aid and Records offices.
Prior to coming to Missouri Baptist, Coach Dixon was a member of the United States Army’s 95th AG (Adjutant General) Battalion at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In addition to her military duties, Coach Dixon was a member/coach of the Post Army Women’s Basketball Team, and a member of the Women’s Army National Team. Coach Dixon has fulfilled her years of service for the US Military and now is only involved with Education and Athletics.
Coach Dixon, a native of Natchitoches, Louisiana holds a Bachelor‘s Degree in Business Administration from Northwestern State University and a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology (Sport Management) from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Office Location: GYM 103
Office Phone: (314) 392-2385
E-mail: dixon@mobap.edu
