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	65-61 (.516)
Biographical details
Born	(1969-01-13) January 13, 1969 Garden City, Kansas
Playing career
1987–1989 1989–1991	Garden City CC Eastern New Mexico
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1993 1994–2000 2000–2004 2004–2009 2009–present	Washington (asst.) Kansas State (asst.) Nevada (asst.) Nevada Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall	188-104 (.644)
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 Fox (born January 13, 1969) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia. He was previously the head coach for the University of Nevada, 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. 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 2011 team won 21 games, finished 3rd in the SEC East and made it to the NCAA tournament for first time since 2008. In 2012, the Bulldogs posted another sub-.500 record and finished near the bottom of the SEC with a 5-11 record. To start the 2012-2013 season, Mark Fox has lost to both Youngstown State and Southern Miss, while narrowly edging Jacksonville.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nevada (Western Athletic Conference) (2004–2009)
2004–2005	Nevada	25–7	16–2	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2005–2006	Nevada	27–6	13–3	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2006–2007	Nevada	29–5	14–2	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2007–2008	Nevada	21–12	12–4	T–1st	CBI 1st Round
2008–2009	Nevada	21–13	11–5	2nd	CBI 1st Round
Nevada:		123–43	66–16
Georgia (Southeastern Conference) (2009–present)
2009–2010	Georgia	14–17	5–11	6th (East)
2010–2011	Georgia	21–12	9–7	T–3rd (East)	NCAA 1st Round
2011–2012	Georgia	15-17	5-11	T-10th
2012–2013	Georgia	15-17	9-9	T-8th
Georgia:		65-63	28-38
Total:		188-106
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Biography at georgiadogs.com