Greg Knox
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Senior offensive analyst |
| Team | Mississippi State |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 10, 1963 Rosebud, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1988 | Northeastern State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989–1990 | Northeastern State (GA) |
| 1990–1991 | TCU (GA) |
| 1992–1994 | Stephen F. Austin (WR/ST) |
| 1995 | Ole Miss (WR) |
| 1996–1998 | Ole Miss (WR/RC) |
| 1999–2008 | Auburn (WR/RC) |
| 2009–2013 | Mississippi State (RB) |
| 2014–2017 | Mississippi State (RB/ST) |
| 2017 | Mississippi State (interim HC) |
| 2018–2021 | Florida (RB/ST) |
| 2021 | Florida (Interim HC) |
| 2022 | Buffalo (RB/AST) |
| 2023–present | Mississippi State (SOA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–1 |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
Greg Knox (born September 10, 1963) is an American college football coach. He is a senior offensive analyst at Mississippi State University. Knox served as interim head football coach at Mississippi State for the final game of the 2017 and at the University of Florida for the final two games in 2021. From 2009 to 2021, he was Dan Mullen's running backs, first at Mississippi State and then at Florida.
Although Knox was due to follow Mullen to Florida, he served as interim coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs in their victory at the 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl.[1] He served as the interim head coach for the Florida Gators after Mullen was dismissed in the 2021 season,[2] Knox led the Gators to a win over the Florida State in the regular season finale [3] and a loss against UCF in the 2021 Gasparilla Bowl.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2017) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 1–0[a] | 0–0 | W TaxSlayer | 20 | 19 | |||
| Mississippi State: | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference) (2021) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Florida | 1–1[b] | 0–0 | L Gasparilla | |||||
| Florida: | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Running backs coach Greg Knox named Mississippi State interim head coach". USA Today. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "Gators Part Ways with Mullen". Florida Gators. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ "Florida State vs. Florida - Game Summary - November 27, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ "UCF vs. Florida - Game Summary - December 23, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
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