TCU Maestro Conference

Jamie Dixon just finished his 11th season as head coach of the TCU men’s basketball team and is in his 24thseason as a college head coach.  

Dixon, a 2007 TCU Athletics Hall of Fame and 2025 Southwest Conference Hall of Fame inductee, returned to his alma mater on March 22, 2016, after serving 13 seasons as head coach at the University of Pittsburgh. His .669 overall winning percentage entering the 2026-27 season ranks 13th among active head coaches with at least 20 years of experience at the NCAA DI level. With a career record of 527-261, his win total ranks 19th among all active coaches, tied for 13th among active head coaches while at a DI program and ranks sixth as head coach of a power conference team. His TCU record of 199-138 is the second-most wins of any TCU head coach and the most victories in any 10-year period in program history.   

A staple in March Madness, Dixon is one of 11 active coaches who have made at least 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and one of seven who have done so while at a power conference program. While at TCU, Dixon has been involved in the last six of the Horned Frogs’ 12 NCAA Tournaments. He led TCU to the Big Dance as a player in 1987 and then five times as a head coach in the nine years that a postseason was held.  

Dixon, who has earned four college basketball National Coach of the Year honors, including the 2009 Naismith Coach of the Year, previously served as an assistant at Pitt, Northern Arizona, Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara. Dixon is a two-time gold medalist with the USA U-19 team having won as head coach in 2009 and 2021. He was also instrumental in bringing the USA’s U19 team to train in Fort Worth in 2021.  

At TCU, Dixon has led the Horned Frogs to many program firsts, including three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2022-24) and wins in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments (2022-23). In the 2025-26 season, TCU played in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five seasons. The Horned Frogs won a program record 11 Big 12 games and finished conference play winning eight of nine games which were the most conference wins over a nine-game stretch since 1998. TCU also defeated three top 10 teams in a season for the first time in program history. 

Dr. David Saenz is a visionary leader with more than 23 years of experience in public education as a problem solver, strategic planner, community connector, and school leader at both the campus and district levels. For his first 12 years in Irving ISD, he served as a middle school science teacher, assistant principal, and principal at the middle and high school levels. 

Dr. Saenz joined Fort Worth ISD's central office team in 2014 and became an integral contributor in preparing students for success in college, career, and community leadership. During his first two and a half years with FWISD, he served as a School Leadership Executive Director, overseeing the operations of eighteen K–12 campuses. In January 2017, he was appointed Executive Director of Career and Technical Education, and later that year became Executive Director of College and Career Readiness, where he created the Department of College and Career Readiness and worked to strengthen connections between education and workforce opportunities. 

In February 2019, Dr. Saenz was appointed Senior Officer for the Office of Innovation, leading the design and development of partnerships and systems to expand high-quality educational opportunities across Fort Worth ISD. In June 2020, he became the district’s first Chief Innovation Officer and joined the Superintendent’s Leadership Team. The Office of Innovation was relaunched in 2023 as the Division of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, which oversees school management partnerships, the Student Family Experience Department, and the Strategic Partnerships Department. 

Dr. Saenz is also actively involved in organizations across the community. He serves on the boards of the North Texas Communities Foundation and the Alcon Vision Foundation, and on advisory boards with the Fort Worth Police Department, Tarrant County College, New Heights Adult High School, and Neighborhood Pre-K. In 2021, he joined the Fort Worth Mayor’s Council on Education and Workforce Development, which brings together partners across education, government, business, and philanthropy to expand opportunities for students to earn college credit and industry credentials while in high school. 

Dr. Saenz has been engaged with Tarrant To & Through Partnership (T3) since its earliest formation and maintains longstanding relationships with ISDs, institutions of higher education, and regional workforce partners across Tarrant County. In September 2024, he became the Senior Education Advisor to the Fort Worth Mayor’s Council on Education and Workforce Development and Tarrant To & Through Partnership. He currently serves as Interim President & CEO of Tarrant To & Through Partnership. 

Curby Alexander is an Associate Professor in the TCU College of Education. His current scholarship is focused on developing AI-driven human-centered instructional tools and systems, cybersecurity education and workforce development, immersive technology, and geospatial technology integration. He teaches courses on digital media authoring, technology skills for emerging professionals, and experiential learning. Curby’s career in education started as a fourth grade teacher, and he has been in higher education for over 20 years. He started at TCU in 2012 and is grateful to be part of the Horned Frog family. 

Suhail Johnson is a leadership educator and Director of the BNSF Neeley Leadership Program at TCU. She designs and facilitates learning experiences that help people lead with clarity, care, and connection. Her work centers on developing leaders who can navigate complexity with purpose, grounding growth in both emotional intelligence and meaningful relationships .

Antonio Banos brings a diverse background of experiences and skills in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Blockchain, and Collegiate Athletics. 

For the past 15 years, he has helped companies grow by incorporating and implementing profitable business models, validation, proof of concept, customer acquisition strategies, brand triggers, digital strategies, storytelling, as well as growth hacking techniques. 

Antonio has worked with businesses, brands, and influencers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. 

After three successful exits, and seven years teaching at TCU, he is now focusing on helping student-athletes navigate the new, complex, and rapidly evolving world of Name, Image & Likeness (NIL). 

Antonio is leading the new Entrepreneurial NIL class as well as the new cross-campus NIL initiative made possible by the partnership between TCU Athletics and The Neeley School of Business, which offers student-athletes NIL workshops, certifications, classes, mentorship and resources. 

Antonio is the recipient of TCU Neeley’s most recently announced endowed professorship. As the Bloxom Foundation Professor of Sports Entrepreneurship, Antonio continues his commitment to supporting the entrepreneurial goals of all students across TCU. 

Check-In and Breakfast

Welcome

Keynote Conversation with Coach Jamie Dixon

Breakout Sessions

Cox Ballroom - Current Educators

Boschini Conference Room - Future Educators

 Break and Networking

Speaker: Suhail Johnson

Lunch

Speech: Antonio Banos

Break and Networking

Fireside Chat with David Saenz

Closing