Paul Cox (footballer)

Paul Cox

Cox in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Paul Richard Cox
Date of birth	(1972-01-06) 6 January 1972
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Barrow (manager)
Youth career
1989–1991	Notts County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1995	Notts County	43	(1)
1994	→ Hull City (loan)	5	(1)
1995–1996	Kettering Town	8	(0)
1996–1997	Halifax Town	23	(0)
1997–2001	Kettering Town	92	(0)
2001–2002	Hucknall Town
Managerial career
2005–2011	Eastwood Town
2011–2014	Mansfield Town
2015	Torquay United
2015-	Barrow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Cox (born 6 January 1972) is an English football manager, currently manager of Barrow.

In an eleven year career as a player, Cox played in the Football League with his hometown club Notts County before playing in non-league football with several clubs, most notably Kettering Town.

Cox moved into coaching at Eastwood Town in 2003, becoming the manager in 2005. He won the Northern Premier League in 2008-09, and left the club for Mansfield Town in 2011, with whom he won the Conference Premier in 2012-13, before leaving in November 2014.

Playing career

As a player, Cox was a defender who could play as right-back or as a central defender. He began his career at his hometown club Notts County, making his first-team debut against Manchester City on 25 April 1992, coming on as a substitute for Kevin Bartlett. Cox spent five years at Notts County, playing just over 40 matches, and also had a short loan spell with Hull City.

At the end of the 1994–95 season, Cox was released by Notts County, and he subsequently dropped down into non-league football, where he most notably spent five seasons with Kettering Town, and also had spells at Halifax Town and Hucknall Town.

Coaching and management career

In 2003, Cox began his coaching career when he became assistant manager at Eastwood Town of the Northern Premier League. In October 2006, Cox became manager of the club, and steered the club away from the Northern Premier League Division One relegation zone in his first season. The next season, he guided the Badgers to the first of two consecutive promotions, and in 2008–09 he also guided the club to the third round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history, where they lost to his former team Kettering.

In 2009–10, Cox led Eastwood to an 11th-place finish in their debut season in the Conference North, and in 2010–11, sparked by a 19-match unbeaten run, Eastwood finished in 4th place. However, the club was not allowed to compete in the promotion play-offs because their Coronation Park ground did not have the proper grade to be eligible for promotion to the Conference Premier. On 5 May 2011, Cox resigned as manager of Eastwood Town. On 19 May 2011, Cox was officially was unveiled as the new manager of Mansfield Town in the Conference Premier.

On 12 April 2012, Paul Cox confirmed a new deal with Mansfield chairman John Radford to keep him at the club for another two seasons.

After Mansfield beat Barrow 8–1 in February 2013, thus improving on their 7–0 win in the reverse fixture, the club's chairman gave Cox his Aston Martin car as a reward.

On 17 June 2015 Cox was confirmed as the new manager of National League team Torquay United. He resigned after only 3 months in charge, later revealing that the club had been unable to pay him.

On 23 November 2015, Cox was unveiled as the new manager of National League side Barrow.

Honours

Eastwood Town

• Northern Premier League Challenge Cup winners 2007–08
• Northern Premier League Premier Division winners 2008–09
• Nottinghamshire Senior Cup winners 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11

Mansfield Town

• Conference National winners 2012–13

External links

• Paul Cox at Soccerbase