The Legacy of Maggie Dixon: A Leader on the Court and in Life

by Jack Grubbs

Overview

Maggie Dixon, a 28-year-old women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Four weeks later, Maggie died suddenly, leaving behind a devastated family and a group of heartbroken players. Despite their tragic loss, friends, family, and team members took comfort in knowing that the values Maggie instilled in themselves and others would live on.



In The Legacy of Maggie Dixon: A Leader on the Court and in Life, Jack Grubbs looks at the remarkable accomplishments of this young woman. Drawing on interviews with Maggie’s brother, friends, colleagues, and student players, Grubbs provides an engaging portrait of a woman who achieved the pinnacle in her sport through hard work, determination, and enthusiasm, attributes that continue to inspire those who knew her.



In addition to chronicling the events surrounding her golden season at West Point, the book offers a study in the power of inspirational leadership that Maggie embodied. The Legacy of Maggie Dixon captures the wonderful impact she had on those around her in such a short amount of time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538114483
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jack Grubbs enlisted in the United States Army at eighteen and retired thirty-nine years later as a brigadier general. His military assignments included two tours of combat duty in Vietnam, company command in the 82nd Airborne Division, battalion command, and service on the West Point faculty, eventually being selected as Professor and Department Head, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. While at West Point, he worked as the “Officer Representative” for soccer and for men’s basketball. Since retiring from military service, Grubbs has spoken on the topics of leadership, ethics and team-building to organizations ranging in size from less than twenty to multi-billion dollar corporations. Grubbs has written five books, including Leadership: Taking the High Road and The Voice Heard around the World.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword by Jim and Marge Dixon, Jamie Dixon, and Julie Dixon Silva
Chapter 1: Overtime
Chapter 2: Fortress on the Hudson
Chapter 3: The Search Begins
Chapter 4: The Bruno Connection
Chapter 5: The Search Ends
Chapter 6: First Win of the Season
Chapter 7: Of Carrots, Sticks, and Slates
Chapter 8: The Unfolding Season
Chapter 9: Adversity
Chapter 10: Big Mo
Chapter 11: A Season Ending Well
Chapter 12: March Madness
Chapter 13: Championship Day at West Point
Chapter 14: Women in the Arena
Chapter 15: One Basket at a Time
Chapter 16: Thirteen Seconds to Euphoria
Chapter 17: The Volunteers
Chapter 18: Spring Returns to West Point
Chapter 19: See You on the Court
Chapter 20: Leadership, Love, and Legacy
Epilogue: To Support and Defend
Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

The Legacy of Maggie Dixon: A Leader on the Court and in Life is one of the most compelling sports books you will ever read—heartwarming and heartbreaking. This is a book that needed to get written and Jack Grubbs, who has a pulse on West Point, was the absolute right guy to do it. I can't wait for the movie!

Bill Madden

Maggie Dixon was truly an example of what all coaches aspire to be. Her legacy remains in the relationships she made, the lives she touched, the memories she left behind. Read this book! You will be inspired by the life of a true original.

Geno Auriemma

One season at West Point but endless lessons about inspirational leadership, the Maggie Dixon story is one of the saddest but most compelling in the rich annals of Army Athletics. Jack Grubbs has produced an instant classic about a humble, fun-loving, “Army Strong” coach who left indelible imprints on a generation of future Army leaders.

Daniel W. Christman