Dixson comes to the Flats on the heels of her second season as an assistant coach at UNCW in which she helped guide the Seahawks to the program’s first Colonial Athletic Association championship and NCAA tournament appearance.
Tech’s new addition led her pitching staff to rank near the top of the CAA in team ERA, registering a 2.71 mark for just the 13th time Seahawk slingers have posted a team ERA lower than 3.00. Two of Dixson’s hurlers posted sub-2 ERAs, ranking top three in the league and landing first-team all-conference honors as right-hander Janel Gamache was tabbed CAA Player of the Year under Dixson’s Tutelage.
Under Dixson’s watch last season, the Seahawks’ staff tallied 14 complete games and four shutouts while striking out 262 batters, the sixth most in program history.
In her first season at UNCW, Dixson put together one of the top pitching staffs in the country as the Seahawks finished with a 1.85 ERA as a staff and a school-record 308 strikeouts thanks in large part to a freshman duo. The aforementioned pair posted the top two lowest ERAs in the CAA and became UNCW’s first CAA Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year honorees.
UNCW tossed 23 complete games and heaved 10 shutouts in 2022, setting a program record with seven saves under Dixson. The Seahawks also picked up a landmark series victory over softball royalty James Madison for the first time since 2006.
Individually, Dixson groomed then freshman Emily Winstead to become an NFCA Top 25 Freshman after setting the school’s single-season strikeout record for freshmen on top of her CAA Pitcher of the Year recognition.
Dixson made the move to UNCW’s staff following two seasons as pitching coach at Georgia State. Tech’s future leader in the circle helped the Panthers’ pitching staff lower its ERA by nearly a run during her time downtown.
Before landing at Georgia State, Dixson spent the 2019 season as the pitching coach at Lamar as her ace produced a 2.30 ERA, and the team finished with a sub-3 ERA.
