Mark Fox (basketball)

For other people named Mark Fox, see Mark Fox (disambiguation).
Mark Fox

Fox in 2012
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Georgia
Record 126–103 (.550)
Biographical details
Born (1969-01-13) January 13, 1969
Garden City, Kansas
Playing career
1987–1989 Garden City CC
1989–1991 Eastern New Mexico
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1993 Washington (asst.)
1994–2000 Kansas State (asst.)
2000–2004 Nevada (asst.)
2004–2009 Nevada
2009–present Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall 249–146 (.630)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WAC Tournament Championship (2006)
WAC Regular Season Championship (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Awards
WAC Coach of the Year (2005, 2006)

Mark Leslie Fox (born January 13, 1969) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia.[1] He was previously the head coach for the University of Nevada,[1] named to that position on June 1, 2004, just days after former Nevada coach Trent Johnson had resigned to become the head coach at Stanford.

Coaching career

Nevada

Fox was the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack basketball team from 2004 to 2009. While with the Wolf Pack, Fox compiled an overall record of 123-43. He also guided Nevada to five postseason appearances in five years including three NCAA tournaments. The Wolf Pack also won the Western Athletic Conference regular season championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In 2006, the team won the conference tournament as well.

Fox was named conference coach of the year twice (2005 & 2006) while with Nevada.

Georgia

On April 3, 2009, it was announced that Fox would leave Nevada for the same position at the University of Georgia.[1] In his first year as head coach, Fox and the Bulldogs went 14-17 and finished sixth in the Southeastern Conference East. The highlights of the season included victories over the Tennessee Volunteers and three top 25 teams.

In 2011, Fox's second season, the Bulldogs made improvements. The 2010-11 team won 21 games, finished 3rd in the SEC East and made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008. In 2011-12, the Bulldogs posted another sub-.500 record and finished near the bottom of the SEC with a 5-11 record.

After making the NIT in 2013-14, Fox got his team back to the NCAA Tournament in 2014-15, narrowly falling to Michigan State in the first round. That Spartans team would eventually make it to the Final Four.

While at Georgia, Fox has placed three players in the NBA, Travis Leslie, Trey Thompkins and the 8th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Nevada (Western Athletic Conference) (2004–2009)
2004–05 Nevada 25–7 16–2 1st NCAA Second Round
2005–06 Nevada 27–6 13–3 1st NCAA First Round
2006–07 Nevada 29–5 14–2 1st NCAA Second Round
2007–08 Nevada 21–12 12–4 T–1st CBI First Round
2008–09 Nevada 21–13 11–5 2nd CBI First Round
Nevada: 123–43 (.741) 66–16 (.805)
Georgia (Southeastern Conference) (2009–present)
2009–10 Georgia 14–17 5–11 6th (East)
2010–11 Georgia 21–12 9–7 T–3rd (East) NCAA First Round
2011–12 Georgia 15–17 5–11 T–10th
2012–13 Georgia 15–17 9–9 T–8th
2013–14 Georgia 20–14 12–6 T–2nd NIT Second Round
2014–15 Georgia 21–12 11–7 T–3rd NCAA First Round
2015–16 Georgia 20–14 10–8 T–6th NIT Second Round
Georgia: 126–103 (.550) 61–59 (.508)
Total: 249–146 (.630)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fox leaves Nevada for Georgia". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

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