University of Pittsburgh Basketball Coach Jamie Dixon was named the 2010-11 National Coach of the Year on Tuesday morning by The Sporting News magazine. The honor marked the third consecutive season that Dixon has garnered a National Coach of the Year award.
A four-time national coach of the year honoree, Dixon guided his 2010-11 Pitt team to an outright Big East regular season championship with a school-best 15-3 league record, a 28-6 overall record and the program's second No. 1 seed in the NCAA Championship. Dixon also set the all-time NCAA Division I record for most wins after eight seasons as a head coach.
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