Fishers Freight Football

Dixie Wooten is the inaugural head coach of the Fishers Freight.

The past two season, Wooten has been the Offensive Coordinator for the Bay Area Panthers. In 2023, Bay Area was transformed from the bottom of every offensive category to third in the IFL at 52.3 points per game, helping lead them to winning the IFL Championship that season.

Wooten spent the previous two years as the Head Coach and General Manager of the Tucson Sugar Skulls, reaching the playoffs in 2022 after finishing as the third seed in the Western Conference.

Wooten is a two-time IFL Coach of the Year, winning the award in 2017 and 2018 with the Iowa Barnstormers. In 2018, under Wooten, the Barnstormers captured the United Bowl with a victory over the Sioux Falls Storm for the first league title in franchise history.   

In his three years in Iowa, Wooten went 36-8 during the regular season and reached the playoffs each year.
 
Wooten played indoor football for eight pro seasons before moving to coaching with a reputation for player development. He coached IFL MVP's Drew Powell and Daquan Neal in consecutive years with Iowa in 2018 and 2019.   

Wooten's Coaching Background:

2023-24 Bay Area Panthers OC
2021-22 Tucson Sugar Skulls HC/GM
2017-19 Iowa Barnstormers HC