Mike Fox (baseball coach)

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Name = Mike Fox

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Title = Head Coach
College = North Carolina
Sport = College baseball
Conference = ACC
CurrentRecord = 398-176-1 (through 2007)
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Championships = 1989 NCAA Division III College World Series
Awards = 1989 ABCA Division III National Coach of the Year
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Years = 1976-1978
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Position = Second Base
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CoachYears = 1983-1998
1999-Present
CoachTeams = North Carolina Wesleyan
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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 three straight College World Series appearances in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Player

Fox played second base for the Tar Heels from 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 Tar Heel 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.

Coach

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.

Fox is only one of six men to play in and then coach their alma mater to the College World Series.

In 2008, Fox was named the National Basbeall of Coach of the year.