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L E A D E R S H I P<br />

JEREMY<br />

COX<br />

Mesa State, 1991<br />

Jeremy Cox is <strong>in</strong> his second year at <strong>Kentucky</strong>, after serv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

under Gillispie as an assistant coach at Texas A&M <strong>in</strong><br />

2006-07 where he helped lead the Aggies to a spot <strong>in</strong> the Sweet<br />

16, and a school best f<strong>in</strong>al rank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> n<strong>in</strong>th <strong>in</strong> both the<br />

Associated Press and Coaches’ polls.<br />

Prior to his time <strong>in</strong> College Station, he was the head coach at<br />

Arkansas-Fort Smith for three seasons, guid<strong>in</strong>g the Lions to the<br />

2006 national junior college championship while also be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

named the NJCAA Coach <strong>of</strong> the Year.<br />

Cox began his coach<strong>in</strong>g career as a graduate assistant coach<br />

at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Wyom<strong>in</strong>g (1991-92) and later was an assistant<br />

at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Texas-San Antonio for four seasons<br />

(1993-97).<br />

As a part <strong>of</strong> former Lions coach Doc Sadler’s staff at<br />

Arkansas-Fort Smith <strong>in</strong> 2002-03, Cox helped the Lions to a<br />

20-8 f<strong>in</strong>ish and the Bi-State Conference East Division title.<br />

He was promoted to head coach the next season<br />

after Sadler became an assistant coach on<br />

Billy Gillispie’s staff at <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Texas-El Paso. Sadler was later promoted<br />

to head coach at UTEP after<br />

Gillispie was hired at Texas A&M.<br />

As head coach, Cox guided the<br />

Lions to an 84-17 record, three<br />

consecutive 20-w<strong>in</strong> seasons and<br />

two Bi-State Conference East<br />

Division championships.<br />

In the 2006 season, UAFS was<br />

the unanimous preseason No. 1-<br />

ranked team <strong>in</strong> the nation for<br />

32 K E N T U C K Y B A S K E T B A L L

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