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The Lady
Falcons road to the 2006-07 postseason
experienced a few bumps along the way,
but in the end, the University of
Montevallo qualified for their second
Gulf South Conference Tournament in a
three year span. UM concluded the
2006-07 season with a record of 14-14
overall.
Roy Dixon will return for his
seventh year at the University of
Montevallo and his fourth season as head
coach for the Lady Falcon basketball
program. Two seniors, including a
four-year senior who was named Gulf
South Conference East Division Freshman
of the Year will lead a group of
talented newcomers to the floor for
2007-08. The revamped Lady Falcon
roster will look for a return visit to
the post season in March.
A native of Montgomery, Dixon previously
spent three seasons as primary assistant
coach for the UM men’s basketball
program from 2001-04. He helped guide
the Falcons to the biggest one-season
turnaround in school history, going from
four to 23 wins, and a berth in the
championship game of the NCAA Division
II South Regional Tournament. In his
time as an assistant coach at UM, the
Falcons won the 2004 Gulf South
Conference championship, the first GSC
title for men’s basketball and the
second GSC title in school history. The
Falcons also qualified for the GSC
Tournament in 2002.
A former player under UM Hall of Fame
member Rob Spivery, Dixon was a graduate
assistant for Spivery for the 1990-91
season and a portion of the 1991-92
season. After graduating from the
University of Montevallo in 1990, Dixon
spent nine years in the mental health
field, working as a guidance counselor
in the Birmingham area.
As a player, Dixon was an All-State,
All-Conference and team defensive MVP at
Chattahoochee Community College. He
averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds per
game in two seasons at CVCC, before
enrolling at UM. Dixon was also an
All-City selection, team captain and
team defensive MVP at Sidney Lanier High
School in Montgomery, where he averaged
15 points and nine rebounds per game.
Dixon with his wife Iris, resides in
Alabaster with their two children,
eight-year old Roy III and five-year old
Felicia Gabriell.
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