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	114–93 (.551)
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	237–136 (.635)
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. 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. While at Georgia, Fox has placed three players in the NBA Travis Leslie, Trey Thompkins and 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 Second 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 Second Round
2015–16	Georgia	8–4	1–1
Georgia:		114-93 (.551)	52–52 (.500)
Total:		237–136 (.635)
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

External links

• Biography at georgiadogs.com