Former Milford girl basketball coach Ted Dixon speaks at last year’s event honoring the 1992-1993 state semifinal team. Photo courtesy Milford High School.

Former Milford girl basketball coach Ted Dixon speaks at last year’s event honoring the 1992-1993 state semifinal team. Photo courtesy Milford High School.

<p>Shown is the graphic on Milford’s athletic department website about the Ted Dixon Court Dedication ceremonies. Graphic provided.</p>

Shown is the graphic on Milford’s athletic department website about the Ted Dixon Court Dedication ceremonies. Graphic provided.

He is, for the record, “still with us.”

Ted Dixon himself briefly doubted that earlier this year when Milford High School Athletic Director Aaron Zupka asked Dixon to meet him and district administrators at the school, outside to avoid the hassles of school security. There, they gave him the news that made him question his existence – the district had decided to name the high school basketball court in his honor.

“I looked him in the face and I was dumbfounded. And I said to him, I said, ‘By any chance am I dead? Did I give you guys $7.5 million for the new addition?’”

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