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Army's women's coach dies at 28

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    • Just heard that Jamie Dixon's sister, he's head coach of Pitt, died at the age of 28. She guided Army's women to their first NCAA tournament appearance in awhile.
     
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    Sister Of Pitt Coach Dixon Dies

    POSTED: 3:14 pm EDT April 6, 2006
    UPDATED: 7:06 am EDT April 7, 2006

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    Army women's basketball coach Maggie Dixon, the sister of University of Pittsburgh men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon, died Thursday afternoon. She was 28.

    A spokesman for the Westchester County medical examiner's office in New York confirmed the news and said an autopsy is scheduled Friday.

    Maggie Dixon collapsed after visiting a friend on Wednesday afternoon, according to her brother. She suffered an arrhythmic heart episode and was taken to Westchester County Medical Center, where she later died.

    Jamie Dixon was at his sister's side when she died, WTAE Channel 4's Marcie Cipriani reported.


    The U.S. Military Academy released the following statement:

    "All at West Point were saddened to hear about Coach Dixon. She is a respected and beloved member of our community. The public knows of her skill as a coach. And those of us at West Point also know of her abilities as a leader and mentor. She is such an inspiration to our cadets and the West Point community. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family."

    Maggie Dixon led Army to a 20-11 record and its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament last month.

    Both Dixons got their teams to the tournament this season, bringing the family a lot of attention. Maggie Dixon was even profiled in the New York Times.

    In an article written on March 15, Kevin Anderson, the athletic director at West Point, had this to say about Maggie Dixon:

    "She researched the team, each of the players and the school. And she had a plan written out, regarding the layout of practices in the short amount of time we had to prepare for our first game, in less than a month."
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    Stupid ass E$PN reported this morning that she had collapsed, but nothing about she had died. That is horrible. She had a bright future in coaching and sounds like she was a good person which the world sorely needs. What a shame. :(
     
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    I saw her interviewed a couple times last month. When I first saw her name on the ticker last night, I assumed it was going to be her accepting a higher profile coaching job. Very sad news.
     
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