Dwayne Dixon Position: Wide Receivers Experience: Seventh Year Alma Mater: Florida, 1985

Dwayne Dixon joined the Bobcats in June 2007. Dixon, a 17-year coaching veteran, came to Athens after two seasons as the wide receivers coach at NC State.

In 2010, senior wide receiver Terrance McCrae was a third-team All-MAC selection and became Ohio's all-time leader in career touchdown receptions, finishing with 19 to his credit. McCrae, along with Steven Goulet, signed professional contracts with NFL teams prior to the start of camp.

McCrae also tied the school's single-season TD reception mark of nine (third in the MAC) for the second time and led the team with 35 catches for 505 yards last year. Sophomore tight end Jordan Thompson was named to the All-MAC second team after snaring snared 21 passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns.

Dixon's receiving corps was among the most dangerous in the league in 2009. Senior and New England Patriots draftee Taylor Price set the school record with 149 career catches, while McCrae tied Andrew Mooney's single-season touchdown reception mark with nine.

Dixon's receivers had another breakout season in 2008. In addition to hauling in 228 catches, the second-highest total in school history, the group amassed a program-record 2,795 yards. The group's 232.9 yards a game was also tops on the school's record books.

In his first season as wide receivers coach, Dixon saw his receiving corps haul in passes totaling over 1,200 yards, averaging nearly 14 yards per reception.

Dixon spent his first 15 seasons at his alma mater, the University of Florida. He held a number of titles in his tenure with the Gators, including assistant head coach from 1995-99 and 2003-04. Dixon spent all 15 seasons working with the wide receivers and also mentored Florida's kickoff unit and punt returners in 2000. He was the Gators' assistant passing game coordinator that same season. Dixon moved to North Carolina State, where he coached the Wolfpack receiving corps in 2005 and 2006.

Dixon brings a wealth of experience coaching at the highest levels of college football. A finalist for the 2001 Broyles Award given to the nation's top assistant coach, Dixon has coached in 15 bowl games and helped guide Florida to six SEC titles and two national championship games, including a victory in the 1996 Sugar Bowl.

From 1994-2002, Dixon coached a national-best nine semifinalists and four finalists for the Biletnikoff Award as the country's top receiver. The Gators had at least one wide receiver selected in the NFL Draft every year during that same span. In 1997 Reidel Anthony and Ike Hilliard were both first-round selections, marking the first time since the 1967 AFL-NFL merger that two receivers from the same school were both taken in the first round. In all, he coached 22 players that signed NFL contracts, 11-All-Americans and 10 first-team All-SEC players at Florida. The Gators ranked among the country's top 10 passing offenses in 10 of his 15 seasons. Dixon's receiving unit recorded 445 touchdown catches from 1990-2002, 87 more than any other school in the nation during that span.

Dixon's coaching career began after he completed a standout collegiate and professional playing career as a receiver. A four-year letterwinner for the Gators from 1980-83, Dixon finished his career with 124 catches. He was a first-team All-SEC and honorable mention All-America performer as a senior. Dixon helped the Gators to four bowl appearances during his career and was named the MVP of the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl. He was inducted into the Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.

Dixon began his pro career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he played from 1984-85 and again in 1987. He played for the Arena Football League's Washington Commandos in 1987 and the Detroit Drive from 1988-91. He led the AFL in scoring and receiving in both the 1987 and 1988 seasons. Dixon, a receiver and linebacker, was the AFL's Ironman of the Year in 1988 and was named the 1988 Arena Bowl's Ironman of the Game. The Sports Network named him one of the Arena Football League's top 10 players of all time.

Dixon earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Florida in 1985. He and his wife, Sandra, have two children, Brittany and Ian.