Lionel E. Hollins (1953- ) was born in Arkansas City, Kansas and reared in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lionel spent two years as the starting point guard at Dixie College and was named to the All-Conference and All-American teams. He received a B.S. degree from Arizona State University and was named First Team All-American by the Sporting News Magazine. In 1975, he was the first round draft pick of the Portland Trailblazers, being picked sixth in the NBA draft. After 4 1/2 years with the Trailblazers, which included an NBA Championship and an appearance in the 1978 All-star game, he was traded to the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers, then to the San Diego Clippers and spent his last two years mentoring up and coming layers with the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets. He was named to the First Team All-Rookie squad (1976), First Team All-Defense (1977), West All-Star team (1978), starting point guard in three NBA final appearances (1977, 1981, & 1982), coached in one NBA final (1993) and assisted in two All-Star games (1993 & 1995). He is currently the Assistant Coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies and a former assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns. He and his wife, the former Angie Dyton, are the parents of three sons and one daughter.

John Ashworth "Cat" Thompson (1906-1990) was born in St. George, Utah, but lived in LaVerkin, Utah. He gained his first recognition as a member of the Dixie High consolation winners in the National High School Tournament in Chicago, Illinois. The first game of the tournament was the first time he had ever played indoors on a wood floor. He got the name "Cat" from his quickness in stealing the ball from opponents. After attending Dixie college in 1925-26, he went on to play at the Montana State. He was named to the All-America team all four years and College Player of the Year in 1929 and led the Montana State University Bobcats to the National Championship. After his graduation "Cat" played semi-pro ball in California for a year, then coached high school basketball in Montana and Idaho. he was enshrined in the Helms Athletic Hall of Fame and named "Best Player of the first have century." He was one of the first players inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He and his wife, the former Lola Dayley, are the parents of two sons and one daughter.

Leland "Coach Lee" Hafen (1895-1959) was born in Santa Clara, Utah, and after a fine athletic career was signed as an athletic coach at Dixie College in 1926. For the next twenty years, Coach Hafen guided the athletic programs at Dixie, ten of those years (1926-36) coaching both Dixie High and Dixie College squads. From 1936-46, he coached only at the high school, but was athletic director and history teacher at the college. He took the Flyers to thirteen state meets in his twenty year coaching span. He won a state championship and finished second on three occasions. Coach Lee possessed a wonderful personality, and made friends wherever he went. He took great pride in Utah's Dixie and enjoyed telling many people he met about his homeland. He held many positions of responsibility in both the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference and Utah Activities Association. He served as Dean of Men, teacher and Athletic Director at Dixie College. As Athletic Director he fulfilled a lifelong dream, when, in 1957, a modern, multipurpose feildhouse was built under his watchful eye. He was instrumental in starting the first football programs in Dixie. Coach Lee radiated a spirit so intense during athletic contests, and yet so full of love for the game and his boys, that it created an unusual understanding between not only coach and his team, but coach and a community. For three decades, he was known by all as, "Mr. Dixie Athletics." He and his wife, the former Elsie Frei, are parents of four sons and one daughter.

Stanley H. Watts (1911-2000) was born and reared in Murray, Utah. due to the depression, his college education was postponed for several years, but in 1936 he completed a two year degree at Weber Junior College and then a B.S. degree at Brigham Young University. After three years coaching at Millard High School in Fillmore, Utah, he began his college coaching career at Dixie College. From 1941-45 he was Athletic Director and Head Coach in football, basketball and track. His first football team consisted of only 14 players, but they won five of eight games. College athletics were then suspended due to WWII, so in the interim he coached Dixie High School to a state championship. In 1947, he joined the athletic department at BYU to revive the baseball program that had been missing for 2 years. In 1949, he began a twenty three year basketball career at BYU, winning 433 games while loosing only 258. His team won the NIT tournament with a 40-9 record in 1966. In all, his teams won eight conference titles, played in 7 NCAA tournaments and 4 times in the NIT. Among other awards, he has been inducted into the Helms Foundation Coaches Hall of Fame, the All Sports Association Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He and his wife, the former Emily Kelly, are the parents of three daughters and one son.