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Dixie Jeffers

Title: Head Women's Basketball Coach

1990-91 OAC Coach of the Year 

1993-94 National Coach of the Year

1994-95 National Coach of the Year 

Email: djeffers@capital.edu

Phone: (614) 236-6551 

 Capital University women's basketball Head Coach Dixie Jeffers has the distinct honor of being the only current coach already enshrined in the Ohio Basketball Hall-of-Fame. 

Since taking over as head coach at Capital beginning with the 1986-1987 season, Jeffers and her teams have been a model of excellence and consistency on and off the court. One of the nation's all-time winningest coaches, she has won an astounding 80-percent of the games and is sixth coach in NCAA Division III history all-time with over 500 victories. Jeffers, who spent three seasons as the coach at Rio Grande University before coming to Capital, has won over 550 career games. Over the years, Jeffers' teams have epitomized all of the characteristics of a quality NCAA program by garnering a slew of national All-American Academic and athletic honors.

With Jeffers at the helm, Capital University women's basketball has become one of the nation's best and most respected basketball squads. From 1990-2000, no NCAA Division III women's basketball team had a higher winning percentage. Also during that span, Jeffers led Capital to the Final Four an incredible four times in five years. The Crusaders finished second in 1993, became the first Division III school to win back-to-back national championships in 1994 and 1995 and finished third in 1997. With all this success, Jeffers had the distinction of being the first Division III coach to win National Coach of the Year honors in successive years (1994 and 1995).

Capital has won 20 or more games in 18 seasons and twice Crusaders crossed the 30-win plateau. Through Jeffers' tenure, Capital has won the Ohio Athletic Conference regular-season title 10 times. The Crusaders also have won the OAC postseason tournament nine times, including a run of six in a row from 1992-1997 with 14 NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Purple and White's remarkable consistency has been epitomized over the last two seasons, as CU has garnered back-to-back OAC regular season championships as well as the 2009 OAC Tournament. Jeffers, who in 2010 won her sixth OAC Coach of the Year award, has coached the last two conference players of the year.

Jeffers has also created a defiant home court advantage at the Capital Center, which is entering its 10th season as home of the Crusaders. Capital's parquet spearheaded the Crusaders to an OAC-record 26 straight home victories stretching over the past two seasons, which is the 12th longest such streak in Division III history.

"Players constantly drive me to be successful and continue to achieve," stated Jeffers. "I have and always will love the game and will continually have the energy to do the job."

Anybody who comes in contact with Jeffers knows that energy is something the coach will never lack on or off the court. The energy Jeffers places in successful teams on the court is equally translated to her players' academic pursuits. "The kids we recruit have to understand that academics is the highest priority," says Jeffers. They have to bring the enthusiasm to the classroom that they bring to the floor. That is a Capital student-athlete."

As impressive as Jeffers' numbers are on the bench, her off-the-court accomplishments are equally impressive. For 17-straight seasons a Crusader has been named Academic All-OAC and she has coached numerous Academic All-Americans, NCAA and NACDA post-graduate scholarship recipients. In 1997 Crusader Carrie Ferguson was honored nationally as an NCAA Elite VIII selection. Jeffers and her teams also have been active in the community by giving free basketball clinics, helping the homeless and visiting Children's Hospital. Jeffers has also served on the board of directors for the Special Wish Foundation.

Ironically enough, Jeffers is from a small Ohio town called Mount Victory and even if it appears she has climbed the coaching mountain, she wants to continue to ascend. "Once you have experienced a national championship, you never lose that hunger to do it again, for yourself, your current players, and the University," stated Jeffers. "Other than getting married and having my children, it is one of the top experiences of my life, and I want my current players to have that experience for themselves."

Aside from her coaching duties, Jeffers serves as associate athletic director. She and her husband John live in Canal Winchester with their daughter Cara and son Jansen.

Jeffers' Year by Year

Lindsay Reynolds 

Assistant Coach

Phone:(614) 236-6961

Email: lreynol2@capital.edu 

Lindsay Reynolds enters her second season as the assistant women’s basketball coach at Capital University.

A Roanoke, Va., native, Reynolds is in charge of film exchange and works primarily with the development of the team’s post players while assisting coach Dixie Jeffers with recruiting, scouting and a variety of administrative tasks.

Reynolds was involved in many different facets of the women’s basketball program at Virginia Wesleyan, where she was an assistant coach for two years. In addition to serving as recruiting coordinator, Reynolds worked on post player development and film exchange, and assisted with the preparation and execution of scouting reports and film breakdowns. Her dedication helped the Marlins compile a combined 35-20 record and an appearance in the ODAC Tournament championship game in 2010.

Prior to her time at VWC, Reynolds was a graduate assistant at Virginia Tech for two seasons, where she organized film exchange, prepared recruiting correspondence and scouting reports and served as assistant camp director. She was a part of the Hokies’ run to the WNIT second round in 2007.

A four-year letterwinner at Roanoke College, Reynolds paced the Maroons in assists, 3-point percentage and 3-pointers made during her sophomore season, and still ranks among Roanoke’s all-time leaders in both categories.

She graduated from Roanoke in 2006 with a bachelor’s in health and human performance, exercise and sport management. Reynolds earned her master’s in education, health promotion and sport performance from Virginia Tech in 2008.

Reynolds also serves as the head women’s golf coach at Capital. She currently resides in Groveport, Ohio.

Jason Wright

Title: Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

Jason Wright has been an assistant coach at Capital since the 2000-2001 season. During that span, the Crusaders have cliamed five OAC championships, inlcuding back to back conference regular season titles. The Purple and White have also earned a pair of NCAA Tournament bids and have won at least 20 games for seven straight seaons with Wright on the coaching staff.

A 1999 Capital graduate, as a student he helped out Coach Jeffers as a student-assistant coach. In his current role, he works with Crusader guards while aiding with a variety of administrative tasks.

Wright is also a teacher in the Bloom Carroll school district.