Juan Dixon

Juan Dixon (born October 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the previous head coach for Coppin State University in Baltimore.

Dating since 1996, Dixon married his high-school sweetheart, Robyn Bragg, in July 2005.

She works in the public relations field and is a cast member in the Bravo reality television show The Real Housewives of Potomac.

He made improvements in his sophomore year as he averaged 18 points per game and was selected to the 1999–2000 All-ACC team.

Both Dixon and the Terps entered the 2000–01 season with high expectations.

The Terps began ranked in the top ten in most major polls while Dixon was a candidate for the Naismith Award Player of the Year award and the Wooden Award Player of the Year award.

Dixon helped lead the Terps to their first ever Final Four appearance where the team lost to Duke.

Dixon ended the season averaging 18.2 points per game and was again elected to the All-ACC first team.

Maryland began the 2001–02 season ranked #2 in ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll.

Dixon led the Terps to a 32–4 record and the school's first ever National Championship.

He was voted to All-ACC team and was also a first team All-American.

Dixon led the University of Maryland Terrapins to their first NCAA championship in 2002 and earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the 2002 Final Four.

Dixon was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where he attended Lake Clifton High School as a freshman.

He then attended and played basketball at Calvert Hall, a high school in Towson, Maryland.

While at Calvert Hall, he scored 1,590 career points under the tutelage of head coach Mark Amatucci.

Both his mother, Juanita, and father, Phil, were addicted to heroin, and died of AIDS-related illnesses before Dixon was 17 years old.

He was then raised by his grandparents Roberta and Warnick Graves in Baltimore.

Dixon's aunt, Sheila Dixon, was the mayor of Baltimore.

Dixon's half brother is Jermaine Dixon, who played shooting guard for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers basketball team.

His second cousin Brandon Driver played cornerback for the San Jose State Spartans football team.

He was also recognized as one of the nation's best college players and was honored as the 2002 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and ACC Athlete of the Year.

He became Maryland men's basketball's all-time leading scorer when he scored 29 points against Wisconsin to help Maryland advance to the Sweet Sixteen, passing Len Bias (2,149 points).

He also became the only player in NCAA history to accumulate 2,000 points, 300 steals and 200 three-point field goals.

In addition to leaving Maryland as the highest-scoring men's player, Dixon also left as the school's all-time men's leader in three-pointers made (239) and attempted (615).

He is second on Maryland's all-time steals list with 333 and third in free-throw percentage (.850).

Dixon also stands as Maryland's all-time NCAA Tournament scoring leader with 294.

Upon completion of his career, Dixon's #3 jersey was honored and now hangs in the Xfinity Center.

In 2002, Juan Dixon was honored as a part of the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team, one of only 8 Terrapins selected to the 50-man team.

Dixon was drafted 17th overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2002 NBA draft.

After his senior season, Dixon was featured on the cover of a video game, NCAA Final Four 2003.

They have two sons, Corey (b. 2008) and Carter (b. 2010).

The two divorced in March 2012 but still lived together in Maryland after their divorce.

In August 2022, the couple remarried.

Dixon arrived at the University of Maryland, College Park after head coach Gary Williams inadvertently discovered him at an AAU tournament in Georgia.

Williams watched as Dixon dove for the ball down 20 points with two minutes to go.

Williams was impressed by the effort.

Dixon played in 34 games his freshman year and averaged 7.4 points per game.

In 2016, Juan Dixon discovered that Phil Dixon was not his biological father, and that his biological father Bruce Flanigan was still alive.

Flanigan had an affair with Juanita Dixon while she was separated from Phil, and a blood test confirmed his paternity.

Dixon and Flanigan reconnected and became good friends.