Eastern Oklahoma State College Mountaineer Baseball

Curt Dixon, a native of McAlester, Okla., is currently in his first year as the pitching coach at Eastern Oklahoma State College. Before Eastern, Dixon was the pitching coach/ recruiting coordinator at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. During his only season at Clarke the pitching staff set school records in era, opponent batting average and conference wins. In 2009 and 2010 Dixon was coaching at his alma mater, University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. In his time at Ozarks, as a player and coach, the program reached its highest level. He served as the team's pitching coach and Ozarks head junior varsity coach. Dixon also dealt with recruiting and fund-raising in his two years at Ozarks.

As a player, Dixon set numerous career school records include strikeouts (205), innings pitched (256.2), wins (24) and games started (46). In his senior season he helped lead the Eagles to a 31-9 regular season record reaching as high #14 in the national polls. He went 9-1 with 2.92 era which helped earn him a spot on the ABCA All-Region Team and All-Conference Team in 2008. Dixon made national news in his senior campaign when he was named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball after tying a conference record with 14 K's in a game with 11 of them being consecutively.  

Following his senior season Dixon signed to play professional baseball. He played three seasons in the independent leagues with Sioux City Explorers, Southern Illinois Miners, Big Bend Cowboys and Kalamazoo Kings. In 2009 and was voted to the Continental League All-Star Game where he was the winning pitcher of the game. Also, in 2009 Dixon was the Continental Leagues co-league leader in wins. In 2010, his third season of professional baseball, Dixon started with the Big Bend Cowboys. After getting off to impressive start, his contract was bought out by the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier league. Dixon was off to a good start with the Kings till his season was shortened with a lower back injury.

Dixon is currently working on his master’s degree from the United States Sports Academy in sports administration. He was a Cum Laude graduate from the University of the Ozarks with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science with emphasis in public administration.

Dixon currently resides in Wilburton with his wife Whitney.