Emmanuel Dixon is in his first season with the Barton Track and Field program.

Arriving to Barton following two years as an assistant coach at Indian Hills Community College, Dixon’s primary responsibilities will be the sprints, hurdles, and jumps.

While at Indian Hills, Dixon helped his student-athletes to 16 All-American performance, 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 coaching in 2016, coaching at Mankato East High School for a season before serving his internship at Mankato State University-Mankato in the strength and conditioning program, as well as, a volunteer coach with the track and field program. Following graduation Dixon became the assistant varsity sprint coach at Minnetonka High School before moving up to the college ranks at SWOSU.

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 SWOSU in 2019.