Leah Frazier Dixon
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Leah Frazier Dixon is in her first season as a member of the Bronc coaching staff and comes to Rider from Washburn High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she served as head coach of her alma mater.
“I am so excited to have Leah joining my staff,” said head coach Tori Harrison. “Her areas of expertise and knowledge are vast. She is a former athlete who has competed at the highest level and has won. She will help foster the change in attitude that we must create within our program.”
Frazier Dixon played at Tennessee Tech University from 1983-87 for the nationally ranked Golden Eaglettes and was a starter her junior and senior years. Frazier Dixon’s college career ended with a loss to the eventual National Champion, Tennessee Lady Vols, in the second round of the 1987 NCAA Tournament.
Frazier Dixon began her coaching career at the University of Minnesota as an assistant in 1988 and also served as an assistant coach at Minneapolis North High School. Pursuing a career as a sportscaster, Frazier Dixon worked in Tennessee as a sports intern and assistant for the CBS and ABC affiliates. Frazier Dixon returned to the sidelines as an assistant coach while pursuing a Master degree in mass communications at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. After returning to Minneapolis in 1992, Leah founded the Frazier Foundation whose mission is “Totally committed to creating academic and economic opportunities for inner-city young women athletes.” To date, 92 percent of all eligible Frazier Foundation participants have received either an academic or athletic scholarship to attend college through the “Diamonds in the Rough” program which recently expanded to the Sacramento, California and Buffalo, New York areas.
Frazier Dixon worked for the National Football Foundation’s Play It Smart program as an academic coach before returning to coach her high school alma mater.
“I am passionate about basketball and coaching,” said Frazier Dixon. “I’m pleased to be returning to the collegiate level and feel honored to work with Tori. I look forward to being a part of the positive impact the Bronc program will make.”
Born and raised Minneapolis, Minnesota, Frazier Dixon has three children, daughter, Chelsea, 18, a freshman women’s basketball player at Columbia University, son, Michael, 12, and daughter Monet nine.
Frazier Dixon’s hobbies include singing, motivational speaking, creative writing, and spending quality time with family and friends.
