Mark Dixon (American football)
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Position: | Guard | ||||||
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Born: | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. | November 26, 1970||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Ragsdale (Jamestown, North Carolina) | ||||||
College: | Virginia | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Mark Keller Dixon (born November 26, 1970) is a former American college and professional
Early years
Dixon was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1] He attended Lucy C. Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, North Carolina,[2] where he was a star high school football and basketball player for the Ragsdale Flying Tigers.
College career
Dixon accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Virginia, and played for coach George Welsh's Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1990 to 1993. As a senior offensive lineman for the Cavaliers in 1993, he was recognized for his achievements and under consensus first-team All-American.
Professional career
Because of a series of injuries and related surgeries, Dixon was not selected in the
Post-playing career
Dixon is the former head coach of the Galax Maroon Tide football team of Galax High School in Galax, Virginia. In 2015, Dixon coached Galax to their first-ever state championship in football.[4] In 2017 Dixon resigned from Galax as head coach to pursue other opportunities. He then returned the next month to coach the Maroon Tide again. Dixon resigned from Galax again in 2020 and took the head coaching job at Pulaski County High School (Virginia) in Dublin[5]
References
- ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Mark Dixon. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Mark Dixon Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Mark Dixon. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ^ "Riverheads Falls 7-6 against Galax in VHSL 1A Football State Tit - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather". www.nbc29.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-17.
- ^ "H.S. Football: Pulaski County hires Mark Dixon as football coach".