Florida Gators

COACHING EXPERIENCE

2015-Present	Florida	Wide Receivers
2014	FIU	Running Backs
2012-13	FAU	Running Backs
2010-11	Montana State	Running Backs
2009	Stillman College	Offensive Coordinator
2008	Texas Southern	Quarterbacks
2007	Morgan State	Quarterbacks
2005-06	Booker T. Washington (Texas)

 
COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Dixon has spent 12 years coaching the offensive side of the ball, including one season as an offensive coordinator.
• In program history, Florida has had three true freshman record a 100-yard receiving. Dixon has tutored two of those three players (Tyrie Cleveland, 2016; Antonio Callaway, 2015).
  • Tutored Cleveland to a 124-yard performance at LSU. During that contest, he recorded a 98-yard touchdown reception that ranks as the second longest touchdown passing play in UF history. However, the 98-yard touchdown does stand as the longest touchdown passing play in program lore against an SEC opponent. In addition, Cleveland’s reception stands as the longest play by a true freshman in UF history and the longest play by a visiting team in Tiger Stadium.
  • In 2015, Callaway became the first true freshman in UF history and one of only six SEC true freshmen (Amari Cooper, Alshon Jeffery, Julio Jones, Christian Kirk, Calvin Ridley) since 2006 to post three 100-yard receiving games, including a season-best 112-yard outing against Tennessee.
• Callaway became the third-fastest player in Florida football history to reach 1,000 receiving yards for his career, doing so in just 17 games.
  • Callaway has 89 career receptions through two seasons. Only Jabar Gaffney (138) and Percy Harvin (93) caught more in their first two seasons at UF since 1996.
• In Florida’s 2016 season opener against UMass, Callaway and Brandon Powell became just the fifth UF tandem to both catch at least seven passes, tally 70-plus yards, and score a touchdown in the same game since 1996, most recently in the 2010 Sugar Bowl.
• During each of his first two seasons at UF, six different Gators collected multiple receiving touchdowns. Prior to 2015,
• the last time Florida accomplished that feat was in 2008.
• Spent the 2014 season as the running backs coach at FIU in Miami and led a running backs group that rushed for nearly 1,500 yards on the season.
• Spent the 2012-13 seasons at FAU coaching the Owls’ running backs. In 2013, FAU rushed for 2,215 yards and 21 touchdowns, both school records. The rushing attack ranked fifth in Conference USA, averaging 184.6 yards per game.
• In his first season at FAU in 2012, Dixon’s running back group had the task of replacing the school’s all-time leading rusher, current Washington Redskin Alfred Morris. The running-back-by-committee approach succeeded, as they totaled just 38 less rushing yards and 167 more receiving yards than the previous season.
• Dixon spent two seasons at Montana State, reaching the FCS Quarterfinals both years. He coached a running back tandem (Cody Kirk and Tray Robinson) that combined for nearly 2,000 rushing yards in 2011 and scored 21 overall touchdowns.
• Kirk’s 1,351 yards rank fifth all-time in school history for a single season and he earned All-Big Sky First Team honors. Robinson was named the Big Sky Newcomer of the Year and earned Second Team All-Big Sky honors.
• In 2010, Dixon tutored All-Big Sky second-team running back Orenzo Scott, who rushed for 1,126 yards and 10 touchdowns.
• In his one season as offensive coordinator at Stillman, Dixon produced an All-American running back in Quinn Porter, who rushed for 138.6 yards per game and went on to  play for the St. Louis Rams.
• At Texas Southern, Stillman had a pair of quarterbacks throw for over 1,000 yards in 2008. Bobby Reid totaled 1,791 passing yards with 12 touchdowns, while Cornelius Harmon threw for 1,066 yards with six scores.
• Dixon began his coaching career at his alma mater, Booker T. Washington High School in Houston, Texas. He then spent one season at Morgan State coaching the quarterbacks.

 
PROMINENT PLAYERS COACHED
Florida

• WR AHMAD FULWOOD- Played in all 13 games and started once… Caught seven passes for a total of 112 total yards and one touchdown throughout the 2016 season… Recorded his best game of the season on senior day against South Carolina when he totaled 48 yards and one touchdown on two catches… Was on one of Florida’s top special teams players throughout the season…Signed as a free agent to the New Orleans Saints.
• WR CHRIS THOMPSON- Appeared in 11 games and played multiple roles throughout the season… Served as a wide receiver, kick returner, gunner on special teams and a reserve defensive back in the Outback Bowl against Iowa… Totaled 13 kick returns on the season (most on the team) for 283 yards and a long of 33…Signed as a free agent to the Houston Texans
• WR Demarcus Robinson – Starred for the Gators in 2014, posting the best season by a UF receiver since 2009. That year, Robinson totaled 810 yards and seven touchdowns on 53 receptions in UF's 12 games. As a junior, Robinson played in 13 of 14 games and amassed 522 yards and two touchdowns. Was selected in fourth round of the NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.

 
Montana State

• RB Cody Kirk – First-Team All-Big Sky Conference selection as a sophomore in 2011 and finished his career second all-time in school history with 3,422 yards. Ranks fifth in school annuals in single-season rushing with 1,351 yards in 2011

 
Stillman

• RB QUINN PORTER – All-American who rushed for 1,247 yards in his senior season who went on to sign with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent.

 
NFL PLAYERS (ROUND DRAFTED)
RB Quinn Porter (UFA) – Stillman ’10 – St. Louis Rams
WR Demarcus Robinson (4th) – Florida ’16 – Kansas City Chiefs
WR Valdez Showers (UFA) – Florida ’16 – Washington Redskins
 
PLAYING CAREER
As a quarterback coming out of Booker T. Washington in 2002, Dixon signed to play at Baylor and started twice as a freshman for the Bears. He moved to receiver as a sophomore before suffering an injury and ultimately transferring to Hampton. He was a team captain as a senior for the Pirates and played in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities All-Star Classic in 2005.
 
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Birth date: May 16, 1982
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Education: 2004 – B.A. Political Science from Hampton
Wife: Robin
 
BOWL GAMES AS A COACH

2016	Outback
2015	Citrus