Emmanuel Dixon is in his third season as Assistant Coach with the Barton Track and Field program with primary focus on the sprints, 800m, and relays while also assisting with the jumps.

Coaching Honors:

• 6 National Champions
• 111 NJCAA All-Americans
• 2022 Region VI KJCCC Outdoor Men’s assistant Coach of the Meet
• 2022 & 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Central Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year
• 2023 KJCCC Women’s Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year
• 2023 KJCCC Women’s Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year

Team Placings – NJCAA National Championships

• 2022 Season: Men - 2nd Indoor, 3rd Outdoor; Women - 5th Indoor, 4th Outdoor
• 2023 Season: Men - 5th Indoor, 3rd Outdoor; Women - 4th Indoor, 3rd Outdoor

Team Placings – Region VI Championships

• 2022 Season: Men - 2nd Indoor, 5th Outdoor; Women - 2nd Indoor, 2nd Outdoor
• 2023 Season: Men - 2nd Indoor, 1st Outdoor; Women - 1st Indoor, 1st Outdoor

This past season Dixon helped the Cougars capture three Regional Championship titles, the women won both Indoor and Outdoor for the program’s 30th Indoor and 32nd Outdoor Region VI titles, while the Men won their 24th Outdoor Region VI title. Among the team championships, Coach Dixon was named the USTFCCCA Outdoor Central Region Assistant Women’s Coach of the Year.

Individual athlete accomplishments of Coach Dixon’s during the 2023 indoor season included: Danae Nembhard won the NJCAA Women’s 60m hurdles in a program record 8.24 clocking and the NJCAA’s 3rd fastest time ever; Multi-event athlete Ana Couto’s Indoor Pentathlon 3,945 points for the NJCAA Championship produced the 2nd best mark in program and NJCAA history; and Brittania Ingram’s national Triple Jump title was 10th furthest in program history.

During the 2023 outdoor season, Dixon helped produce National Champions in the Women’s 4 x 100m Relay (Antiana Walsh, Oarabile Tshosa, Danae Nembhard, and Naiya Morgan) in a tandem baton handling blazing time of 44.15 to rank 5th fastest in program history. Dixon also helped develop multiple athletes that made impacts within Barton’s Top-10 outdoor record list: Naiya Morgan in the 200m (23.13) in placing 4th at the national championships, Oarabile Tshosa’s 7th placing in the 200m (23.22) to also rank 7th on the program list, and Elijah Mosley’s 400m (45.61) 4th place national finish to rank 5th all-time.

In his first year leading the sprints, hurdles, and relays, Dixon quickly made an impression on the program in helping guide the men’s program to a 2nd place finish at the 2021 Indoor National Championships which included two National Champions: Daylin Williams’ 60m hurdle title (7.80) and Elijah Mosely in the 400m (47.06) in a program 8th fastest time. In addition, Dixon assisted the women’s program to two Outdoor National Runner-up performances: Ashantae Harvey in the 400m (53.07) for a program 8th best time and Lashanna Graham in the 400m hurdles. Additionally, during the men’s outdoor season Dixon helped coach Almond Small to a Canadian U20 200m record (20.50) which Small would later improve in the 2023 season to a 20.29 time to rank 5th fastest in program history.

Dixon’s path to Barton was preceded by two years as an assistant coach at Indian Hills Community College with primary responsibilities coaching the hurdles, jumps, and throws. Dixon helped his student-athletes to 16 All-American performances, 17 NJCAA National qualifications, and 30 moving on to the four-year level.

Prior to Indian Hills, Dixon served as an assistant coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University from 2017 to 2019. During his two seasons Dixon’s athletes achieved 17 All-Conference placings including conference champions in the sprints, high jump, throws, and pole vault while also seeing 20 school records broken under his guidance.

A native of Mankato, Minnesota, Dixon began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer at Minnesota State University-Mankato where he was mentored by Associate Head Coach Christopher Parno. Working mainly with sprints and hurdles, Dixon also gained experience in Strength and Conditioning through his internship with the MSU-Mankato’s strength and conditioning program. Following his volunteer and assistant varsity sprint coach position at Minnetonka High School, Dixon moved up to the college ranks at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Obtaining his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science degree from MSU-Mankato in 2016, Dixon went on to earn his master’s degree in Sports Management from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 2019.