Career
He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (1919–1920), Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri (1922–1928), and George Washington University (1929–1937), compiling a career college football record of 77–59–14. Pixlee was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical (1919–1921), Westminster (1922–1929), and George Washington (1930–1932), tallying a career college basketball mark of 90–50. Pixlee attended the University of Missouri, where he lettered in football during the 1909, 1911, and 1912 seasons.
He was head coach of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Aggies for the 1919 and 1920 football seasons.
By 1929 Pixlee was director of athletics at Missouri"s Westminster College. In 1929, Pixlee took over the head coaching position of the George Washington Colonials, starting with an 0–8 season.
Pixlee left that position in 1937.