- Mike Fox (coach)
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Mike Fox Sport(s) Baseball Current position Title Head coach Team North Carolina Conference ACC Record 589–245 Playing career 1976–1978 North Carolina Position(s) Second base Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1983–1998
1999–presentNorth Carolina Wesleyan
North CarolinaHead coaching record Overall 1128–387–5 Accomplishments and honors Championships NCAA Division III College World Series (1989) Awards ABCA Division III National Coach of the Year (1989)
National Coach of the Year(2008)Mike Fox is the head baseball coach at North Carolina. He is considered one of the school's most successful coaches, having led his team to four straight College World Series appearances between 2006 and 2009 and a fifth appearance in 2011.
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Playing career
Fox played second base for the Tar Heels from 1976-1978. He led his team to the 1978 College World Series and was named a member of the CWS All-Tournament Team.
Fox was a three-year letterwinner at Carolina as a second baseman from 1976–78, helping lead the Tar Heels to the 1978 College World Series. As a senior, he hit .277, tied for the team lead with six home runs and was named to the College World Series all-tournament team. Fox also played on the UNC Junior Varsity Basketball team under Eddie Fogler in the 1975 and `76 seasons.
He played independent professional baseball for a year after graduating from Carolina before returning to his alma mater as a graduate assistant in 1979.
Coaching career
North Carolina Wesleyan
Fox coached at North Carolina Wesleyan from 1983 until 1998. His 1989 team won the NCAA Division III College World Series.
Fox's career record of 540-141-4 at N.C. Wesleyan ranked second in career winning percentage (.792) among all active Division III head coaches at the time of his return to Carolina.
University of North Carolina
Mike Fox was hired as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team on May 7, 1998, becoming the 24th head baseball coach in the history of the school, and only its third coach since 1947. Through 2007, Carolina has made eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 398-176-1 record in Fox's nine seasons in Chapel Hill. He has led his team to back-to-back 2nd place finishes at the College World Series in 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, Fox again led his team to the College World Series, where they placed 3rd.
In 2008, Fox was named the National Baseball Coach of the year.
Personal
Fox attended East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] He currently lives in Chapel Hill with his wife Cheryl and his two children Matthew, 25 and Morgan, 21.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1999–present) 1999 North Carolina 41–18 13–11 4th NCAA Regional 2000 North Carolina 46–17 12–12 5th NCAA Regional 2001 North Carolina 31–26 9–15 T–6th 2002 North Carolina 43–21 17–7 3rd NCAA Regional 2003 North Carolina 42–23 13–11 5th NCAA Super Regional 2004 North Carolina 43–21 14–10 T–4th NCAA Regional 2005 North Carolina 41–19 17–10 5th NCAA Regional 2006 North Carolina 54–15 22–8 T–1st (Coastal) College World Series Runner-up 2007 North Carolina 57–16 21–9 1st (Coastal) College World Series Runner-up 2008 North Carolina 54–14 22–7 2nd (Coastal) College World Series 2009 North Carolina 48–18 19–10 1st (Coastal) College World Series 2010 North Carolina 38–21 14–16 5th (Coastal) NCAA Regional 2011 North Carolina 51–16 20–10 3rd (Coastal) College World Series North Carolina: 589–245 213–136 Total: 589–245 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionSee also
- List of college baseball coaches with 1,000 wins
References
External links
North Carolina Tar Heels head baseball coaches Perrin Busbee (1891–1893) • William R. Robertson (1894) • Jesse M. Oldham (1895) • Benjamin E. Stanley (1896–1897) • William A. Reynolds (1898–1899) • Bob Lawson (1900) • Ernest Graves, Sr. (1901) • Edward M. Ashenback (1902) • John Curran (1903) • John Donnelly (1904) • Bob Lawson (1905–1906) • Floyd Simmons (1907) • Otis Stocksdale (1908–1909) • Bob Lawson (1910) • Charles M. Clancey (1911–1912) • Bowers (1913) • Earl T. Mack (1914) • Charles Doak (1915–1916) • Bunny Hearn (1917–1918) • William Lourcey (1919–1920) • Bill Fetzer (1921–1925) • Vern Duncan (1926) • James N. Ashmore (1927–1931) • Bunny Hearn (1932–1946) • Walter Rabb (1947–1977) • Mike Roberts (1978–1998) • Mike Fox (1999– )
Current head baseball coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division Mikio Aoki (Boston College) • Jack Leggett (Clemson) • Mike Martin (Florida State) • Erik Bakich (Maryland) • Elliott Avent (NC State) • Tom Walter (Wake Forest)
Coastal Division Sean McNally (Duke) • Danny Hall (Georgia Tech) • Jim Morris (Miami) • Mike Fox (North Carolina) • Brian O'Connor (Virginia) • Peter Hughes (Virginia Tech)
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- People from Charlotte, North Carolina
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