Jamie Dixon
Jamie Dixon
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Pittsburgh
Record	238–77(.756)
Biographical details
Born	(1965-11-10) November 10, 1965 (age 46) Burbank, California, USA
Playing career
1984–1987 1989-1990	Texas Christian University Hawke's Bay Hawks
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989 1989–1991 1991–1992 1992–1994 1994–1998 1998–1999 1999–2003 2003–present	Te Aute College LA Valley CC (asst.) UC Santa Barbara (asst.) Hawaii (asst.) Northern Arizona (asst.) Hawaii (asst.) Pittsburgh (asst.) Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall	238–77 (.756)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Big East Regular Season Championship (2004, 2011) Big East Tournament Championship (2008) Gold medal - FIBA Under-19 World Championship (2009)
Awards Big East Coach of the Year (2004) Naismith College Coach of the Year (2009) USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2009) CollegeInsider Big East Coach of the Year (2010) Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year (2010) Sporting News Coach of the Year (2011)

Jamie Dixon (November 10, 1965) is an American basketball head coach. He has served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team since 2003. In 2009 he was the head coach for the FIBA Under-19 2009 gold-medal winning United States national basketball team for which he was named the 2009 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year.^[1] Dixon was named Big East Coach of the Year in 2004, Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2009, Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year in 2010, and the Sporting News National Coach of the Year award in 2011. Dixon played college basketball at Texas Christian University, was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 1987 NBA Draft,^[2] and played professionally with the Continental Basketball Association's Lacrosse Catbirds and for Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand National Basketball League.^[3]

Coaching career[link]

Dixon began his coaching career in 1989 as the head coach at Te Aute College, a secondary school in New Zealand, before serving as an assistant at Los Angeles Valley College from 1989-1991. He then became an assistant coach at UC-Santa Barbara and then at the University of Hawaii.^[4] Dixon then became an assistant coach to Ben Howland at Northern Arizona University and later moved to Pittsburgh as part of Howland's staff when Howland accepted the Pitt head coaching job in 1999. Dixon was promoted as Pittsburgh's head coach when Howland left for UCLA following the 2002–03 season.^[5]

Pittsburgh[link]

Dixon became head coach at Pitt in 2003, the only head coaching position he has ever held, and has an overall NCAA Division I record of 216–60. He won 188 games in his first seven seasons, tying the NCAA Division I record for most wins in the first seven seasons of a head coaching career. Previously, Dixon's 162nd win, which came in the 2009 NCAA Tournament over Oklahoma State, broke the NCAA Division I record for most victories in the first six seasons as a head coach formerly held by former North Carolina State coach Everett Case. He was awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year honors following the 2008-09 season.^[6][7]

Jamie Dixon coaching during the Big East Tournament

Dixon won Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2004 for leading Pitt to the Big East regular season championship. He took Pitt to the final game of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008, winning the 2008 Big East Tournament Championship against No.1 seed Georgetown. He is Pitt's first and only head coach to guide the Panthers to seven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and seven consecutive seasons of at least 20 overall wins and 10 league wins. In the NCAA tournament, Dixon led Pitt to the Sweet Sixteen in 2004 and 2007 and to the Elite Eight in 2009, a year that saw his Panthers earn their first-ever No.1 rankings in the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll, their first-ever victories over a No.1 ranked team (UConn, twice), and their first ever No.1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (East Region).^[4]

His success at Pitt continued through the 2010 season, perhaps his best coaching performance to date. The Panthers tied for second place in the Big East and earned a No.2 seed in the Big East Tournament, despite being picked to finish 9th in the conference preseason poll. Dixon guided Pitt to yet another NCAA Tournament appearance, their seventh in his first seven years as head coach, and was awarded both the Big East Coach of the Year and Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Awards by CollegeInsider.com.^[8] He is the first and only head coach in Pitt's history to lead his team to seven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. At the end of the 2010 season, Dixon is the winningest coach in Big East history with a current .721 winning percentage in eight seasons of league games (98-38). He also stands second on Pitt's all-time wins list, behind only the legendary Doc Carlson.

On March 31, 2010, Pitt extended Dixon's contract by two years, which will make him Pitt's head coach through the 2017-18 season.^[9]

On April 2, 2010, Dixon was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com.

On October 23, 2010, Dixon received national attention when he assisted in removing victims from a severe car accident in a Pittsburgh suburb.^[10][11]

On December 22, 2010, Dixon won his 200th game with a 61-46 win over American. With the victory, Dixon tied the all-time NCAA Division I record held by Mark Few and Roy Williams for the fastest coach to earn 200 wins by achieving the mark in only eight seasons. The achievement of winning his first 200 out of 255 games also ranked Dixon among the all-time top-15 for the quickest coaches to achieve 200 victories in regards to total number of games played.^[12]

On March 2, 2011, Dixon won his 214th game with a 66-50 win over South Florida. With the victory, Dixon broke the all-time NCAA record for the most wins in a coach's first eight seasons. Following the regular season, the Panthers received a Number 1 seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA tournament, where the Panthers defeated 16th seed UNC Asheville. They were upset in the third round by Butler University.

Dixon was named the 2010-11 Sporting News National Coach of the Year.^[13]

Outside of basketball, Dixon has been credited with a peripheral role in the Big East's decision to invite TCU to become the conference's 17th member. Specifically, he suggested to TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte that the school pursue Big East membership during a conversation at the 2010 TCU–Baylor football game.^[14]

Notable players coached[link]

• Sam Young (36th overall pick of 2009 NBA Draft)
• DeJuan Blair (37th overall pick of 2009 NBA Draft)
• Aaron Gray (49th overall pick of 2007 NBA Draft)
• Chris Taft (42nd overall pick of 2005 NBA Draft)
• Brandin Knight (Assistant coach under Dixon)

United States[link]

Jamie Dixon became the head coach of the United States under-19 men's national basketball team in 2009. That summer, he led the United States to its first gold medal in 18 years in the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship held in Auckland, New Zealand.^[15][16] For this accomplishment, Dixon was later named USA Basketball Coach of the Year.^[1]

Acting[link]

Jamie is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. He starred in various commercials as a child and into his early twenties, including ads for Volvo, Rice Krispies, Mattel and Bud Light.^[17]

Head coaching record[link]

See also[link]

• Maggie Dixon (1977–2006), Jamie Dixon's younger sister; coach of the Army Black Knights women's basketball program at the time of her death

References[link]

General[link]

• Sciullo, Jr., Sam (2005). Pitt: 100 Years of Pitt Basketball. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 156. ISBN 1-59670-081-5. OCLC 62866076. 

Citations[link]

External links[link]

• Coach Dixon on Twitter
• Pitt men's basketball homepage

Video

• Jamie Dixon Promo

Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry^[1] (born May 7, 1971) is a Swedish musician.

Life and career[link]

Cherry was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry (née Karlsson). He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry, his mother's daughter, and stepbrother to singer Titiyo.^[2][3] He was named Eagle-Eye because the first time he looked at his father, he did so with only one eye open.^[2] As children, Eagle-Eye and Neneh spent months on the road with their father. At the age of 12, Cherry was sent to school in New York, where he stayed on to work as an actor and a drummer in various bands.^[2] In 1988, he was credited as "teenager" in the film Arthur 2: On the Rocks. In 1993 he starred on the short-lived NBC action/adventure television show South Beach.

His father died in 1995. In 1996 Cherry moved back to Stockholm to focus on his music over the acting career that had taken precedence in his professional life.^[4] He began writing and recording his debut album, Desireless in his bedroom studio on an acoustic guitar.^[4] According to manager Tommy Manzi, Cherry's perfectionism made him keep the recordings under wraps until the album was virtually complete.^[4] The album became a commercial success throughout the world during 1998 and 1999.^[2] Desireless went platinum in the United States, selling a total of four million copies worldwide.^[2]

Cherry co-wrote and sang on "Wishing It Was" on Santana's 1999 album Supernatural,^[2] as well as in films such as Wim Wenders' The Soul of a Man, Y tu mamá también, The Love of the Game, GO, Best Laid Plans, Holes, Billy Elliot and Over Her Dead Body. Some of his best known songs include "Save Tonight", "Falling in Love Again", "Are You Still Having Fun", "Long Way Around", "Feels So Right", "Skull Tattoo" and "Don't Give Up".

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Eagle-Eye Cherry Homepage
• Eagle-Eye Cherry at the Internet Movie Database

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Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Joseph Isaak
Born	(1956-06-26) June 26, 1956 (age 56) Stockton, California
Genres	Rock n' roll, roots rock, rockabilly, surf rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician, actor, talk show host
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Warner Bros. Records
Website	www.chrisisaak.com

Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak (born June 26, 1956^[1]) is an American rock musician and occasional actor.

Early life[link]

Isaak was born in Stockton, California,^[1] at St. Joseph's Medical Center,^[2] the son of Dorothy (née Vignolo), a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak (1929–2012), a forklift driver. Isaak's mother is Italian American, originating from Genoa.^[3] His father is German American.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

Music[link]

Isaak signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album Silvertone.^[1] The tracks "Gone Ridin'" and "Livin' for Your Lover", from this album, were featured in David Lynch's cult classic Blue Velvet. Isaak's second self-titled album Chris Isaak was photographed by fashion photographer Bruce Weber. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Bros. moved him to their Reprise Records label.

Chris Isaak onstage in Berkeley, California - 1986

His best-known song is "Wicked Game."^[1] Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart.^[1] Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who was obsessed with Lynch films, began playing the vocal version and it quickly became the station's most-requested song. Chesnut spread the word to other radio stations around the country and the single became a national Top 10 hit in February 1991. The music video for the song was directed by Herb Ritts and was a big MTV and VH1 hit; shot in black and white, it starred Isaak and Danish-Peruvian supermodel Helena Christensen rolling on the beach, embracing and whispering in each other's ears. Another less-seen version of the "Wicked Game" is directed by David Lynch and comprises scenes from the film Wild at Heart. "Wicked Game" also featured as the backing music in the 2001 TV advert for the Jaguar X-Type range of cars in the UK. In 1995 Isaak split with long time guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, and that year's Forever Blue and the accompanying tour featured Hershel Yatovitz on guitar.

In 1999, Isaak's "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" was featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The song is on his 1995 album Forever Blue. The music video for the song is directed by Herb Ritts, it was shot in color, it starred Isaak and French supermodel Laetitia Casta in a motel room. This was Isaak's second collaboration with Ritts.

Isaak also composed a theme song for U.S. late-night television variety/talk show, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. In 2001, Isaak starred in his own television show, The Chris Isaak Show. It aired from March 2001 to March 2004 in the United States on the cable television network Showtime. This adult comedy show featured Chris Isaak and his band playing themselves and the episode plots were based on fictional accounts of the backstage world of Chris Isaak—the rock star next door. In 2004, his track "Life Will Go On" was featured on Chasing Liberty's soundtrack, which starred Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. His track "Two Hearts" was featured in the closing credits of the 1993 film True Romance, directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.

Isaak's longtime producer, Erik Jacobsen, was instrumental in his sound for 15 years. Jacobsen is known for his production work with The Lovin' Spoonful, and solo albums from Spoonful's John Sebastian and Jerry Yester. Isaak ceased working with Jacobsen on his 2002 album, Always Got Tonight. In 2007 Isaak opened for Stevie Nicks on her Crystal Visions Tour during the first leg of the tour.

Isaak was ranked #68 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

In 2006, he was guested by Johnny Hallyday to cover Fats Domino's hit Blueberry Hill. The duet was recorded and issued on Johnny Hallyday's live album La Cigale (2007, Warner Music). At the end of this record you can hear Chris Isaak thanking the French Rock'n'Roll star as "The King".

Isaak collaborated with John Shanks for his 2009 album Mr. Lucky.

He contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" for the tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released September 6, 2011.

Isaak recently released an album called Beyond the Sun, which was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee at the Sun Records studio.

Guitars[link]

Isaak at a USO show in Washington, D.C.

Isaak revealed in a 2002 interview with Acoustic Guitar that he uses a one-of-a-kind Gibson:

For my electric, I've got a one-off Gibson version of a Gretsch 6120, a sort of Chet Atkins thing. They made one of these things and gave it to me to see if I liked it, and I liked it so much I've been playing it ever since. People told me they thought it was a White Falcon, but it's not. It's just a white Gibson. I don't think they ever manufactured any of the things. They strung up this one prototype, scratched their heads, and said, 'Huh. Give it to Isaak.'^[4]

Isaak also plays a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, which he uses for songwriting.^[5]

Acting and other work[link]

Isaak has also appeared in numerous films, mostly playing minor cameo roles, though he starred with Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda in the 1993 Bernardo Bertolucci-directed Little Buddha, and also played a major role in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). Other motion pictures include Married to the Mob (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), That Thing You Do! (1996), and A Dirty Shame (2004).

Isaak starred in The Chris Isaak Show (2001–2004) playing himself and featuring actual members of his band along with numerous celebrity guests. He also guest-starred on the "The One After the Superbowl, Part One", the Super Bowl XXX edition of the television sitcom Friends; and on the HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, as astronaut Ed White, the first American astronaut to leave the confines of his spacecraft who later died in the Apollo 1 fire.

The Biography Channel aired The Chris Isaak Hour, a one-hour music interview and performance show in 2009.^[6] The series premiere featured Trisha Yearwood, and included the first ever performance of "Breaking Apart", a duet from Isaak's new album, Mr. Lucky. Additional guests included Stevie Nicks, Smashing Pumpkins, Chicago, Glen Campbell, Michael Bublé, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), and Jewel.

In April, 2010, Isaak was the special guest during Conan O'Brien's The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour performance at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco, California.

Discography[link]

• Silvertone (1985)
• Chris Isaak (1986)
• Heart Shaped World (1989)
• Wicked Game (1991)
• San Francisco Days (1993)
• Forever Blue (1995)
• Baja Sessions (1996)
• Speak of the Devil (1998)
• Always Got Tonight (2002)
• Christmas (2004)
• Best of Chris Isaak (2006)
• Live in Australia (2008)
• Mr. Lucky (2009)
• Live at the Fillmore (2010)
• Beyond the Sun (2011)

Filmography[link]

• Married to the Mob...The Clown (1988)
• The Silence of the Lambs...SWAT Commander (1991)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me...Special Agent Chester Desmond (1992)
• Little Buddha...Dean Conrad (1993)
• Grace of My Heart...Matthew Lewis (1996)
• That Thing You Do!...Uncle Bob (1996)
• Blue Ridge Fall...Emerson Cotswold (1999)
• A Dirty Shame...Vaughn Stickles (2004)
• The Informers...Les Price (2009)

Television[link]

• Wiseguy...Berated lounge singer (Season ?, Episode ?, 1987)
• Friends...Rob Donnen (Season 2, Episode 12, 1996) The One After the Superbowl
• From the Earth to the Moon...Astronaut Edward White II (1998)
• The Greatest...Himself (50 Sexiest Video Moments, 2003)
• Ed...Jamie Decker (Season 3, Episode 20, 2003) Second Chances
• The Greatest...Himself/Host (100 Greatest Videos, 2003)
• The Chris Isaak Show...Himself (2001–2004)
• American Dreams...Roy Orbison (Season 2, Episode 14, 2004) Old Enough to Fight
• The Footy Show (rugby league)...Himself (Grand Final, 2004)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...Michael Caine in Space (Season 2, Episode 177, 2006)
• Great Performances Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing Live...Himself (2007)
• Australian Idol...Himself (Season 6, 9–10 November 2008)
• The Chris Isaak Hour...Himself/Host (2009–Present)
• Conan ...Himself (Episode 192, 4 January 2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Isaak.com, official site of Chris Isaak
• Chris Isaak at the Internet Movie Database
• Chris Isaak at Recordnet.com: Page with stories, multimedia and more about Chris Isaak from The Record in Stockon, CA, Isaak's hometown.
• Chris Isaak discography at Discogs
• Chris Isaak Concert History