Michael Dixon (basketball)

College career

Dixon played for the Missouri Tigers from 2009 to 2012. As a freshman he appeared in all 34 games, averaging 7.5 points, 1.6 assists, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 47.0 percent from the floor and leading the team in free throw shooting at 85.7 percent. In his second season he started 17 games, averaging 10.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.8 steals, ranking in the Big 12 top ten in assists, steals, free throw percentage, and assist/turnover ratio.

During 2011–12 he was a sixth man in all 35 games, averaging 13.5 points and 3.3 assists. Dixon was twice accused of sexual assault while at Missouri. He transferred to Memphis for his senior year, playing all 34 games with four starts, becoming the team's second-leading scorer (11.8 points per game) and leader in three-point percentage (38.6%) and free throw percentage (84.4%).

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Dixon had a two-week tryout with Italian club Basket Barcellona but left without signing. He began his pro career in the Lithuanian Basketball League with Dzūkija Alytus in 2014, then left in November to join Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys for the rest of the season. On March 29, 2015, he played in the Lithuanian League All-Star Game, recording nine points, four rebounds and three assists. He finished as the league's fourth-leading scorer at 13.7 points per game and helped žvaigždės reach the 2015 Baltic League Quarterfinals.

On June 22, 2015, he signed with Czech team ČEZ Nymburk for 2015–16. On January 10, 2016, he scored a career-high 35 points in a win over Nizhny Novgorod. Over 62 games that season he averaged 14.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals, shooting 39.9 percent from three, and helped Nymburk win the 2016 Czech League Championship. On June 21, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with AEK Athens of the Greek League.

On December 7, 2016, he recorded a season-high 29 points in a win over Szolnoki Olaj. He agreed to a contract extension with AEK on January 20, 2017, and was named Greek League Round 25 MVP on April 8, 2017.

In 50 games he averaged 12.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal, helping AEK reach the 2017 Champions League Playoffs. On August 5, 2017, he left AEK and signed with SIG Strasbourg for 2017–18, but parted ways on December 9, 2017. On December 14, 2017, he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketball First League.

Personal life

Michael Dixon grew up as the middle child, with an older sister named Alexis and a younger brother, Jarred, who went on to play college basketball for Missouri State. His parents are Mike Sr. and Sybil.

He earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Memphis in 2014. In December 2016, while in Menidi, Athens, he was in a car crash that killed a 64-year-old male sanitation worker; he was let go after giving his account of what happened. Dixon has a son, Michael, with Greek singer Sophia Kotsopoulou, and the couple were expecting another child in April 2021.