Stan Hixon (born July 24, 1957) is an
American football
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coach and former player. Hixon was most recently the wide receivers coach at
Temple
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.
Playing career
Hixon played four years at
Iowa State
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and accrued career numbers of 46 catches for 776 yards.
Coaching career
Following his graduation, Hixon served as an assistant coach at Morehead State, Appalachian State, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and LSU before coaching leaving the college ranks for the NFL.
Hixon was the wide receivers coach for the
Washington Redskins
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of the
National Football League
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(NFL) for six years, until January 2010, when his contract was not renewed after the Redskins hired new head coach
Mike Shanahan
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.
Following his departure from Washington, Hixon served as the wide receiver coach under
Chan Gailey
Thomas Chandler Gailey Jr. (born January 5, 1952) is a former American football coach. Most recently in 2020, he was the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Gailey has previously served as the hea ...
for the
Buffalo Bills
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from 2010 through 2012.
From 2012 through 2013, Hixon was the assistant head coach and wide receivers coach under
Bill O'Brien at
Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
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.
Hixon then moved to Houston to be the Texans wide receivers coach in 2014, after O'Brien was hired to be the head coach of the Texans.
In March 2017, Hixon joined
Geoff Collins' staff at Temple.
References
External links
Penn State Nittany Lions bio
1957 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
Appalachian State Mountaineers football coaches
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches
Iowa State Cyclones football players
LSU Tigers football coaches
Morehead State Eagles football coaches
Richmond Spiders football coaches
Penn State Nittany Lions football coaches
South Carolina Gamecocks football coaches
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches
Washington Redskins coaches
Morehead State University alumni
Players of American football from Lakeland, Florida
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