Sport(s) Baseball 1976–1978 North Carolina 1999–present North Carolina Role Baseball Coach Titles Head coach | Record 762–323 1979 North Carolina (asst.) Name Mike Fox Positions Second baseman Conference Atlantic Coast Conference | |
1983–1998 North Carolina Wesleyan Team North Carolina Tar Heels baseball Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, East Mecklenburg High School | ||
Mike Fox is the head baseball coach at North Carolina. He is considered one of the school's most successful coaches, having led his team to four straight College World Series appearances between 2006 and 2009, a fifth appearance in 2011, and a sixth appearance in 2013. Fox was named to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Playing career
Fox played second base for the Tar Heels from 1976–1978. He led his team to the 1978 College World Series and was named a member of the CWS All-Tournament Team.
Fox was a three-year letterwinner at Carolina as a second baseman from 1976–78, helping lead the Tar Heels to the 1978 College World Series. As a senior, he hit .277, tied for the team lead with six home runs and was named to the College World Series all-tournament team. Fox also played on the UNC Junior Varsity Basketball team under Eddie Fogler in the 1975 and `76 seasons.
He played independent professional baseball for a year after graduating from Carolina before returning to his alma mater as a graduate assistant in 1979.
North Carolina Wesleyan
Fox coached at North Carolina Wesleyan from 1983 until 1998. His 1989 team won the NCAA Division III College World Series.
Fox's career record of 540–141–4 at N.C. Wesleyan ranked second in career winning percentage (.792) among all active Division III head coaches at the time of his return to Carolina.
University of North Carolina
Mike Fox was hired as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team on May 7, 1998, becoming the 24th head baseball coach in the history of the school, and only its third coach since 1947. Through 2007, Carolina has made eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 398–176–1 record in Fox's nine seasons in Chapel Hill. He has led his team to back-to-back 2nd-place finishes at the College World Series in 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, Fox again led his team to the College World Series, where they placed 3rd.
In 2008, Fox was named the National Baseball Coach of the year.
Personal
Fox attended East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He currently lives in Chapel Hill with his wife Cheryl and his two children Matthew, 26 and Morgan, 23.