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Dwayne Dixon begins his seventeenth season because the vast receivers coach on Ohio’s teaching employees in 2023. He joined the Bobcats in June of 2007 after he spent two seasons because the vast receivers coach at NC State.
The 2022 vast receiving room was led by All-MAC First Staff honoree, Sam Wiglusz who led the league in touchdowns (9). The Bobcats’ offense led the MAC in factors per recreation (31.79) and convention factors per recreation (32.8).
Since arriving in Athens, Dixon, an 27-year teaching veteran, has coached two vast receivers which have been chosen within the NFL Draft in Taylor Worth (2010) and LaVon Brazill (2012). Worth was chosen within the third spherical by the New England Patriots, whereas Brazill was picked within the sixth spherical by the Indianapolis Colts. Terrence McCrae, Steven Goulet, Phil Bates, and Donte Foster all additionally signed undrafted free agent contracts to an NFL group. Moreover, Bakari Bussey obtained an invite to rookie camp.
In 2016, Sebastian Smith moved into third all-time in Ohio historical past with 163 profession receptions en path to incomes Third Staff All-MAC honors.
In 2015, Sebastian Smith was named All-MAC after main the Bobcats with 65 catches for 777 yards and 7 TDs. Three receivers (Smith, Jordan Reid, and Brendan Cope) had at the very least 30 catches and mixed for 14 TDs.
Within the 2014 season, 4 of Dixon’s vast receivers had greater than 20 catches led by Sebastian Smith who hauled in 31 passes. The corps mixed for eight touchdowns on the season together with Chase Cochran’s 66-yard landing vs. Western Michigan and Ian Dixon’s 49-yard landing in opposition to Akron.
Cochran completed the season averaging 21.1 yards per catch rating him fourth all-time at school historical past.
In the course of the 2013 marketing campaign, Dixon directed a large receivers unit that accounted for two,586 yards and 17 touchdowns. Bobcat receivers helped Ohio’s passing assault rank third within the Mid-American Convention. Among the many 2,586 yards gained by Ohio vast receivers in 2013, 1,018 of these yards had been courtesy of senior Donte’ Foster.
Foster’s 1,018 receiving yards marked simply the second time at school historical past that an Ohio vast receiver had surpassed 1,000 yards receiving. He additionally surpassed 100 yards receiving in 4 video games a 12 months in the past. As well as, Foster hauled in a team-best seven landing receptions en path to incomes All-MAC Second Staff honors.
Foster completed his profession because the all-time chief in receiving touchdowns with 21. His 2,180 profession receiving yards are ranked third all-time, whereas his 167 profession receptions stand because the second-highest whole in program. Following the 12 months, Foster signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
Along with Foster’s excellent senior season, Dixon additionally mentored Chase Cochran to a career-best marketing campaign in 2013 as he totaled 689 receiving yards. Seven of Cochran’s receptions in 2013 went for 40 yards-or-more.
In 2012, Ohio’s vast receivers hauled in 62 receptions for two,397 yards and 17 touchdowns. As well as, Bobcat wideouts helped Ohio put up the fourth-best scoring offense within the convention because it averaged 31.7 factors per recreation. Ohio’s offensive unit additionally averaged 444.8 yards per recreation – a complete that additionally ranked fourth within the league.
Ohio receivers had a big affect within the 2012 Advocare V100 Independence Bowl because it mixed for 325 yards and two touchdowns. The Independence Bowl additionally noticed vast receivers Tyler Futrell and Cochran put up single recreation career-best as they completed with 133 and 162 yards, respectively. Cochran’s 162-yard effort was the Tenth-best single recreation receiving whole at school historical past.
Beneath Dixon’s course in 2012, Foster completed the 12 months with of 659 yards and a single-season career-high eight touchdowns. Foster’s largest recreation of the 12 months got here at house in opposition to Jap Michigan as he registered seven catches for 164 yards, which tied former Bobcat Todd Snyder for the eight-best single recreation whole of all-time.
In the course of the 2011 marketing campaign, Dixon performed an integral function within the Bobcats’ record-setting offensive output because the Bobcats set eight offensive information, together with scoring 427 factors and gaining over 6,000 yards.
5 receivers hauled in 20-or-more passes and set the varsity file for many yards by the receiving corps, totaling 3,482. Bobcat receivers additionally hauled in a program-best 276 receptions and 30 touchdowns.
Brazill completed the 12 months with a single-season file 74 receptions for 1,146 yards. He additionally posted a single-season profession mark of 11 touchdowns en routing to incomes All-MAC Second Staff honors. Brazill’s closing recreation as a Bobcat within the Well-known Idaho Potato Bowl was arguably his most memorable as he caught eight passes for 108 yards, incomes MVP honors. Brazill went on to complete his profession with 189 catches for two,511 yards – each of that are faculty information. His 18 touchdowns rank second at school historical past.
In 2010, senior vast receiver Terrance McCrae was a third-team All-MAC choice and have become the then all-time chief in profession landing receptions, ending with 19 to his credit score.
McCrae, together with Steven Goulet, signed skilled contracts with NFL groups. McCrae additionally hauled in 9 landing receptions and led the group with 35 catches for 505 yards.
Dixon’s receiving corps was among the many most harmful within the league in 2009. Worth set the varsity file with 145 profession catches, which stood till 2011, whereas McCrae tied Andrew Mooney’s single-season landing reception mark with 9 – a mark that stood till 2011.
Dixon’s receivers had one other breakout season in 2008. Along with hauling in 228 catches, the third-highest whole at school historical past, the group additionally amassed a program-record 2,795 yards – a mark that stood till the 2011 season.
In his first season as vast receivers coach, Dixon noticed his receiving corps haul in passes totaling over 1,200 yards, averaging almost 14 yards per reception.
Dixon spent his first 15 seasons at his alma mater, the College of Florida. He held plenty of titles in his tenure with the Gators, together with assistant head coach from 1995-99 and 2003-04.
Dixon spent all 15 seasons working with the vast receivers and likewise mentored Florida’s kickoff unit and punt returners in 2000. He was the Gators’ assistant passing recreation coordinator that very same season. Dixon moved then to North Carolina State, the place he coached the Wolfpack receiving corps in 2005 and 2006.
Dixon brings a wealth of expertise teaching on the highest ranges of school soccer. A finalist for the 2001 Broyles Award given to the nation’s prime assistant coach, Dixon has coached in 15 bowl video games and helped information Florida to 6 SEC titles and two nationwide championship video games, together with a victory within the 1996 Sugar Bowl.
From 1994-2002, Dixon coached a national-best 9 semifinalists and 4 finalists for the Biletnikoff Award because the nation’s prime receiver. The Gators had at the very least one vast receiver chosen within the NFL Draft yearly throughout that very same span. In 1997, Reidel Anthony and Ike Hilliard had been each first-round choices, marking the primary time for the reason that 1967 AFL-NFL merger that two receivers from the identical faculty had been each taken within the first spherical.
In all, he coached 22 gamers that signed NFL contracts, 11-All-People and 10 first-team All-SEC gamers at Florida. The Gators ranked among the many nation’s prime 10 passing offenses in 10 of his 15 seasons. Dixon’s receiving unit recorded 445 landing catches from 1990-2002, 87 greater than another faculty within the nation throughout that span.
Dixon’s teaching profession started after he accomplished a standout collegiate {and professional} taking part in profession as a receiver. A four-year letterwinner for the Gators from 1980-83, Dixon completed his profession with 124 catches. He was a first-team All-SEC and honorable point out All-America performer as a senior. Dixon helped the Gators to 4 bowl appearances throughout his profession and was named the MVP of the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl. He was inducted into the Florida Athletic Corridor of Fame in 1997.
Dixon started his professional profession with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the place he performed from 1984-85 and once more in 1987. He performed for the Area Soccer League’s Washington Commandos in 1987 and the Detroit Drive from 1988-91. He led the AFL in scoring and receiving in each the 1987 and 1988 seasons. Dixon, a receiver and linebacker, was the AFL’s Ironman of the Yr in 1988 and was named the 1988 Area Bowl’s Ironman of the Sport. The Sports activities Community named him one of many Area Soccer League’s prime 10 gamers of all time. Within the spring of 2012, Dixon was chosen as one of many AFL’s prime 25 all-time gamers.
Dixon earned a bachelor’s diploma in prison justice from the College of Florida in 1985. He and his spouse, Sandra, have two youngsters, Brittany and Ian, who completed his taking part in profession at Ohio in 2015.
