The Galax Maroon Tide head football coach Mark Dixon has stepped down as their head football coach. Coach Dixon lead the Maroon Tide to the state title in 2015 . He also led them to state runner up in 2011. He had a 68-26 record in seven years as the Galax head coach. The last four years they have had running backs with 2,500 or more yards and three of those four years times over 3,000 yards.