Heads22 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 A really sad story....she helped turn around Army's WBB team and had a heart arrythmia yesterday and then died. They had interviewed her during the Women's Selection Show where they brought on her brother, Pitt coach Jamie Dixon - it was really pretty cool. This is just pretty damn sad. Army women's basketball coach Dixon dies Associated Press Army women's basketball coach Maggie Dixon, who led the Black Knights to their NCAA Tournament debut last month, has died. She was 28. Jim O'Connell, a spokesman for the Westchester County medical examiner's office, confirmed that Dixon died Thursday at 3:10 p.m. EDT. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday. Dixon was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday after suffering an "arrhythmic episode to her heart" Wednesday at the U.S. Military Academy, said her older brother, Pittsburgh men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon. Heart Arrhythmia Any disturbance in the normal beating pattern of the heart is called an arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat. There are two main categories of arrhythmia: tachycardia, meaning too fast a heartbeat, and bradycardia, meaning too slow a heartbeat. (Both conditions refer only to exceptional elevations or depressions of heart rate, not to the normal variance that occurs throughout the day depending on whether you are resting or active.) More information on heart arrhythmia can be found on WebMD.com. Dixon said his sister collapsed and was taken to the intensive care unit of Westchester Medical Center. "She ... went to the house of a friend for afternoon tea where she said she wasn't feeling good and she collapsed," said Dixon, who read a prepared statement from the hospital. He said he had breakfast with his sister earlier Wednesday and that she had apparently been feeling well. Army gave Dixon her first head coaching job last October. Six months later, she led the team to its first bid in the women's field. The rookie coach's accomplishment gained extra attention because her brother led the Panthers to the men's tournament at the same time. The Dixons are believed to be the first brother and sister to coach in the NCAA Tournaments in the same year. Army lost to No. 6 Tennessee in the first round of the tournament, 102-54. The North Hollywood, Calif., native had hoped to play in the WNBA after graduating in 1999 from the University of San Diego. But the Los Angeles Sparks cut her after a tryout in May 2000. She went into coaching with encouragement from her brother. "He said, 'If you want to do this coaching thing, do something drastic,' " Dixon told The Associated Press last month. "That's what I did." She held a number of positions under DePaul coach Doug Bruno after walking into his office and introducing herself. She eventually became his top assistant in May 2004. Members of her team were with Dixon's family members at her bedside Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Wow; I saw that segment you're talking about Heads. Very sad to hear. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 very sad, indeed. rip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 This is very sad. And now you know why the Bulls wanted Eddy Curry to get all the tests done so something like this would not happen to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 It was something how she came in 11 days before the season and turned a crappy team into a tourney team, despite the fact they got messed up by Tennessee. Hell of a job for a 28 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Very sad, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 That's unreal. Gets a job a week and a half before the season as a 28 year old kid, takes the team to the tournament somehow for the first time ever, is on TV along with her brother doing interviews, and is dead a few weeks later. Life is so damn precious a thing. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I saw that segment as well. Didn't have a clue who she was aside from a coach who had made the tourney (as did her brother). Sad sad story. Thoughts go out to the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Man, I thought old girl was hot, too. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBatterz Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 RIP Maggie Dixon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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