The Tribune-Review: Dixon leaving Pitt for TCU job

The Tribune-Review: Dixon leaving Pitt for TCU job

By John Harris

Pitt athletic director Scott Barnes determined soon after the Panthers’ second-round loss to Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament that it was time to move on from the Jamie Dixon era.

Three days after the Panthers’ season ended, Dixon accepted a job at Texas Christian University, his alma mater, in a sudden departure that came with Barnes’ blessing.

“Jamie’s head and heart was moving toward TCU,” Barnes said. “When that’s the case, being at Pitt isn’t the right opportunity because your heart and head is somewhere else. We had the opportunity to make that TCU job available to him.”

Dixon agreed.

“Seventeen years at one school is a long time,” Dixon said. “This was an opportunity for me to go home.” …

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