JACKSON, Mississippi - Surina Dixon, who was fired as the Texas Southern women’s head basketball coach in 2008 before coaching a game there, returned to the SWAC today. Dixon is the new women’s coach at Jackson State, the school announced in a news conference.
Dixon, 50, was fired at Texas Southern in June 2008. Last August, she was awarded $730,000 by a jury after filing a federal lawsuit in which she claimed her firing was retaliation for complaining about gender discrimination regarding her contract.
Dixon’s hire comes nearly a year after Denise Taylor was fired by JSU last June. Taylor filed a federal lawsuit earlier this year against the university alleging wrongful termination and discrimination. A May 2013 trial date has been set for her lawsuit.
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