15
Years of Experience
100+
Pro/College Athletes Trained
10K+
Athletes Trained
FOUNDER AND HEAD TRAINER
LASANDRA "SAN" DIXON
LaSandra "San" Dixon was born at General Hospital in LA and grew up in Azusa, CA. She was always a sports-minded kid but developed a passion for basketball. She went to Azusa High School and attended San Diego State University in 2005 and graduated with her Bachelor's in Liberal Arts in 2009.
LaSandra became known as Coach San in San Diego and throughout Los Angeles, which also serves as the home of Defend Your Legacy Basketball. Coach San has always been deeply rooted in giving back to her community and uses basketball as a tool to inspire, motivate, and develop players one bounce at a time.
She is the founder and head trainer of Defend Your Legacy Basketball (DYLBBALL). By the summer of 2014, San started working with Nike Los Angeles, where she served as the lead female trainer for the Jr. Drew League and Kobe Bryant's Mamba League.
By 2017, she was the Jr. Sparks Clinic Director where she helped increase girls' participation from 300 to 1,400 participants by 2019. She has work alongside some of the greatest minds and Legends of the game from Kobe Bryant, Derrick Fischer, and Breanna Stewart as the lead clinician for her Stewie 30 Elite Camp.
San continues her work with JumpmanLA and Nike Los Angeles as a ChangeMaker, Sport Impact Leader, and is currently on tour as the lead clinician with Dicks Sporting Goods and Nike for It's Her Shot Campaign since 2021.
In the Winter of 2025 she became the Player Development Coach for Mist BC, who end up being crowned Champions of Unrivaled season 2.
Coach San Dixon
Sport Impact Leader & ChangeMaker
ACCOLADES / EVENTS:
Jr. NBA All Star Weekend Clinics (2018-Current)
Jr. Sparks X LAFD Youth Program (2018)
Jr. Sparks X Women's Drew League Clinic (2018)
Kyrie X Yung Taco Park PopUps (2018)
Nike LA X Kobe Bryant Private Youth Workout (2018)
UIC X NGA Drive to the Basket (2019, 20, 21, Current)
Paul George Homecoming (2019)
HerTimeToPlay X Mamba Sports Academy Clinic (2019)
Vidcon X Nike (2019)
HerGame Classic (2019)
Jr. Drew X 5eleven Hoops Autistic Clinic (2019) Lebron 17 Mall Activation (2019)
AirWest X HerGame (2019)
Jr.Sparks Ballin on the Beach Hour Clinic (2019, 20, 21)
LA Sparks Learn from the Pros Clinic (2019)
Jumpman23 Go Hoop Day X Crete Academy (2019)
Jumpman23 X NikeLA Own The Game WMNS Event (2019)
LA Fitness Festival X Trainer Heather (2019)
Nike AirWest Trainer (2019-Current)
Nike JDI Women’s 25 Core Coaches LA (2019)
LA Sparks Skill Development Internship (2019-20)
Jr. NBA Coach of the Year Semifinalist (2019-20)
Kobe x WNBA Preseason Training Sessions (2020)
Derek Fisher BA X REAL923 Kobe + Gigi Memorial Clinic (2020)
Jr.Sparks X Te’a Cooper Virtual Clinic (2020)
6th Annual #WeAreWomen Finalists (2020)
Breakfast Club Camp X TrainMoore (2020)
Jr. Sparks My Grind Mondays Web Series (2020)
4WardMVMT Clinic (2020,21)
Jr. Sparks x DEA Clinics (2021)
Labor Week Clinic X TrainMoore (2021)
HighlightHER X Zelle 3on3 Women’s Tourney (2021)
Networth Sports forherbyher 3v3 Winter League (2021)
Jr. Drew X Space Jam 2 + Anthony Davis (2021)
Nike Be True Campaign (2021)
Jr. NBA How To Video Series (2021)
Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation Skills Academy (2021)
It’s Her Shot Dicks Sporting Good X Nike (2021 - Current)
Nike Legacy Project: Sport Impact Leader (2021)
Clippers Community Hero (2021)
Women’s Drew League Championship (2021-22)
Jumpman23 x WhyNot.5 “Inner City” Clinic (2022)
TedxCrenshawSalon LEGACY (2022)
Member of Basketball Trainers Association (2022)
