Men's Basketball
Fox, Jim
Jim Fox
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jafox@davidson.edu
- Phone:
- 2382
Geneseo State '95
13th Season
Jim Fox, associate head coach of Davidson’s basketball team, has been by head coach Bob McKillop’s side during a 12-year run that includes some of the best seasons and prestigious wins in the history of the school.
Davidson’s record during Fox’s 12-year tenure has been an impressive 268-117 against tough schedules that consistently include games against opponents from the nation’s power conferences. The 2008 season saw the Wildcats, led by the sensational Stephen Curry, advance to the NCAA Elite Eight and defeat powerhouses Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin before losing to eventual national champion Kansas by two points.
Knowing that it must take care of its own neighborhood first, Davidson in this 12-year period has gone 172-41 against Southern Conference teams and won conference titles six times. In those 12 years, Davidson has played in six NCAA tournaments, two postseason NITs, and the CBI.
As Davidson prepares for its last season as a member of the Southern Conference before heading to the highly competitive Atlantic 10, the Wildcats once again are considered one of the teams to beat for the conference championship.
“It’s no coincidence that our program has enjoyed consistent success since Jim Fox joined our staff in August 2001,” Coach McKillop says. “We’ve asked him to wear more hats and take on additional coaching responsibilities, and he hasn’t missed a beat. This versatility has prepared him well to be a head coach, and he’s certainly ready for that challenge.”
Fox’s basketball background coupled with old-fashioned hard work has helped him cultivate recruiting contacts from all over the country. He is superb at recognizing talent while at the same time targeting players that can do the rigorous schoolwork required of Davidson student-athletes. McKillop has given him opportunities to participate in all facets of Davidson’s program: recruiting, scheduling, scouting, game preparation and on-court teaching.
Fox has learned from one of the game’s best, that’s without question.
“I love coming to work every morning and helping coach the young men that we bring to Davidson as student-athletes,” Fox says. “We have excellent students who are also good basketball players and are more than willing to work hard to become great.”
Fox’s rapport with the players is such that they feel comfortable talking with him about a wide range of issues, not just those related to basketball. The players find him to be a good listener, a characteristic enhanced by his valuable experience as a successful high school coach in New York State.
The longest-tenured assistant coach on Davidson staff’s, Fox, a native of Levittown, N.Y., spent five years as associate head coach at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, N.Y. and one year as the school’s athletic director. As head coach of the freshman team, he directed the St. Dominic frosh to an amazing record of 55-1 and four consecutive Catholic High School championships. He also taught government, economics, criminal justice and psychology at the high school.
Fox graduated in 1995 from the State University of New York at Geneseo College, earning his degree in political science. His father retired as a chief U.S. Probation Officer and his mother retired as a school principal at a Catholic elementary school on Long Island. Fox’s father also directed a youth basketball program on Long Island, and Jim began coaching in the program when he was still in high school.
It was obvious even back then that coaching was in his blood. However, he also held a keen interest in working in federal law enforcement, interned with the U.S. Secret Service between his junior and senior years in college and seriously considered joining the Service as a career. But seeing how much enjoyment and fulfillment his father received from working with young men in basketball, Fox was influenced to give coaching a try, which he did with tremendous success at St. Dominic. It turned out to be a good decision. His love and respect of the game is deeply held. There is no real off-season for him as he’s always on a mission to learn things that will help him coach and recruit at an even higher level. He often visits and talks basketball and studies game tapes with some of the leading coaches in both college basketball and the NBA.
In addition to coaching at St. Dominic, Fox was also head coach and director of the Long Island Lightning AAU Basketball Club, where one of his players was Matt McKillop, Coach McKillop’s son and a three-year starter at Davidson who is also an assistant coach in his father’s program. Fox coached more than 20 players who went on to play college basketball.
The trend of excellent players continued in his 12 seasons at McKillop’s side as the Wildcats have had 27 All-Conference players, six conference players of the year, three league freshmen of the year, and four All-Americans in the past 12 years. Curry was All-America and a first-round draft choice of the Golden State Warriors and has emerged as an NBA star and one of the league’s most popular players.
Fox has had a long acquaintance with Coach McKillop, first meeting him when McKillop was a highly successful coach at Long Island Lutheran High School. When McKillop offered Fox a job at Davidson, Fox quickly accepted.
“I knew Coach McKillop as a person and coach,” Fox says, “and I knew working for him and learning from him would be great for my career. Coach lets his assistants get involved in all areas of coaching. The work ethic in the Davidson program runs from the coaches to the players. Everyone works towards a common goal: to get to the NCAA tournament and be successful in it.”
Fox is single and lives in Davidson. His brother, Jeff, is a lawyer, and his sister, Jen, is a nurse. Coach Fox loves golf, tennis, politics and rooting for his beloved New York Yankees.
But mostly he’s a college basketball coach whose star is on the rise.
13th Season
Jim Fox, associate head coach of Davidson’s basketball team, has been by head coach Bob McKillop’s side during a 12-year run that includes some of the best seasons and prestigious wins in the history of the school.
Davidson’s record during Fox’s 12-year tenure has been an impressive 268-117 against tough schedules that consistently include games against opponents from the nation’s power conferences. The 2008 season saw the Wildcats, led by the sensational Stephen Curry, advance to the NCAA Elite Eight and defeat powerhouses Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin before losing to eventual national champion Kansas by two points.
Knowing that it must take care of its own neighborhood first, Davidson in this 12-year period has gone 172-41 against Southern Conference teams and won conference titles six times. In those 12 years, Davidson has played in six NCAA tournaments, two postseason NITs, and the CBI.
As Davidson prepares for its last season as a member of the Southern Conference before heading to the highly competitive Atlantic 10, the Wildcats once again are considered one of the teams to beat for the conference championship.
“It’s no coincidence that our program has enjoyed consistent success since Jim Fox joined our staff in August 2001,” Coach McKillop says. “We’ve asked him to wear more hats and take on additional coaching responsibilities, and he hasn’t missed a beat. This versatility has prepared him well to be a head coach, and he’s certainly ready for that challenge.”
Fox’s basketball background coupled with old-fashioned hard work has helped him cultivate recruiting contacts from all over the country. He is superb at recognizing talent while at the same time targeting players that can do the rigorous schoolwork required of Davidson student-athletes. McKillop has given him opportunities to participate in all facets of Davidson’s program: recruiting, scheduling, scouting, game preparation and on-court teaching.
Fox has learned from one of the game’s best, that’s without question.
“I love coming to work every morning and helping coach the young men that we bring to Davidson as student-athletes,” Fox says. “We have excellent students who are also good basketball players and are more than willing to work hard to become great.”
Fox’s rapport with the players is such that they feel comfortable talking with him about a wide range of issues, not just those related to basketball. The players find him to be a good listener, a characteristic enhanced by his valuable experience as a successful high school coach in New York State.
The longest-tenured assistant coach on Davidson staff’s, Fox, a native of Levittown, N.Y., spent five years as associate head coach at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, N.Y. and one year as the school’s athletic director. As head coach of the freshman team, he directed the St. Dominic frosh to an amazing record of 55-1 and four consecutive Catholic High School championships. He also taught government, economics, criminal justice and psychology at the high school.
Fox graduated in 1995 from the State University of New York at Geneseo College, earning his degree in political science. His father retired as a chief U.S. Probation Officer and his mother retired as a school principal at a Catholic elementary school on Long Island. Fox’s father also directed a youth basketball program on Long Island, and Jim began coaching in the program when he was still in high school.
It was obvious even back then that coaching was in his blood. However, he also held a keen interest in working in federal law enforcement, interned with the U.S. Secret Service between his junior and senior years in college and seriously considered joining the Service as a career. But seeing how much enjoyment and fulfillment his father received from working with young men in basketball, Fox was influenced to give coaching a try, which he did with tremendous success at St. Dominic. It turned out to be a good decision. His love and respect of the game is deeply held. There is no real off-season for him as he’s always on a mission to learn things that will help him coach and recruit at an even higher level. He often visits and talks basketball and studies game tapes with some of the leading coaches in both college basketball and the NBA.
In addition to coaching at St. Dominic, Fox was also head coach and director of the Long Island Lightning AAU Basketball Club, where one of his players was Matt McKillop, Coach McKillop’s son and a three-year starter at Davidson who is also an assistant coach in his father’s program. Fox coached more than 20 players who went on to play college basketball.
The trend of excellent players continued in his 12 seasons at McKillop’s side as the Wildcats have had 27 All-Conference players, six conference players of the year, three league freshmen of the year, and four All-Americans in the past 12 years. Curry was All-America and a first-round draft choice of the Golden State Warriors and has emerged as an NBA star and one of the league’s most popular players.
Fox has had a long acquaintance with Coach McKillop, first meeting him when McKillop was a highly successful coach at Long Island Lutheran High School. When McKillop offered Fox a job at Davidson, Fox quickly accepted.
“I knew Coach McKillop as a person and coach,” Fox says, “and I knew working for him and learning from him would be great for my career. Coach lets his assistants get involved in all areas of coaching. The work ethic in the Davidson program runs from the coaches to the players. Everyone works towards a common goal: to get to the NCAA tournament and be successful in it.”
Fox is single and lives in Davidson. His brother, Jeff, is a lawyer, and his sister, Jen, is a nurse. Coach Fox loves golf, tennis, politics and rooting for his beloved New York Yankees.
But mostly he’s a college basketball coach whose star is on the rise.
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