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Mike Fox, North Carolina Tar Heels
Mike Fox was a former walk-on who became a three -year letterwinner at the University of North Carolina as a second baseman from 1976-78 and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1978 College World Series. He graduated from UNC in 1978 with a degree in physical education before earning his Master of Arts in teaching at the school in 1979. He also served as a graduate assistant at Carolina during the 1979 season prior to being named head coach at Millbrook High School in Raleigh in 1980. After two years in the high school ranks, Fox was named head coach at Division III North Carolina Wesleyan in September of 1982.
During his 15 seasons in Rocky Mount, Fox led the Battling Bishops to 14 NCAA tournament appearances, eight Division III College World Series appearances and the 1989 NCAA Division III national championship. In 1999 he returned to Chapel Hill as head coach of the Tar Heels and over the last 18 seasons he has averaged nearly 45 wins per year and guided the Tar Heels to 50 or more victories five times, including a school-record 59 in 2013. He recorded his 1,300th career victory late in the 2015 season and enters the 2017 season three wins shy of 800 at North Carolina. On January 19, 2017, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame announced that Fox will be among the inductees later this year, on May 5.
One of only six men to play in and then coach his alma mater in the College World Series, he has led Carolina to 15 postseason trips, including an incredible run of six CWS appearances in eight years from 2006-13. Fox also has either played or coached in all 17 of Carolina’s victories in the CWS. A total of 83 Tar Heels over the past 18 years have been drafted by Major League Baseball organizations, including 11 first-round or supplemental first-round selections. In 2016 thirty of Fox’s former players at UNC were in the big leagues, including Cleveland Indians reliever and 2016 ALCS MVP Andrew Miller, 2014 AL Gold Glove winner Kyle Seager of the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets righthander Matt Harvey, who started the 2013 MLB All-Star Game
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By Bill BallewMike Fox was a former walk-on who became a three -year letterwinner at the University of North Carolina as a second baseman from 1976-78 and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1978 College World Series. He graduated from UNC in 1978 with a degree in physical education before earning his Master of Arts in teaching at the school in 1979. He also served as a graduate assistant at Carolina during the 1979 season prior to being named head coach at Millbrook High School in Raleigh in 1980. After two years in the high school ranks, Fox was named head coach at Division III North Carolina Wesleyan in September of 1982.
During his 15 seasons in Rocky Mount, Fox led the Battling Bishops to 14 NCAA tournament appearances, eight Division III College World Series appearances and the 1989 NCAA Division III national championship. In 1999 he returned to Chapel Hill as head coach of the Tar Heels and over the last 18 seasons he has averaged nearly 45 wins per year and guided the Tar Heels to 50 or more victories five times, including a school-record 59 in 2013. He recorded his 1,300th career victory late in the 2015 season and enters the 2017 season three wins shy of 800 at North Carolina. On January 19, 2017, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame announced that Fox will be among the inductees later this year, on May 5.
One of only six men to play in and then coach his alma mater in the College World Series, he has led Carolina to 15 postseason trips, including an incredible run of six CWS appearances in eight years from 2006-13. Fox also has either played or coached in all 17 of Carolina’s victories in the CWS. A total of 83 Tar Heels over the past 18 years have been drafted by Major League Baseball organizations, including 11 first-round or supplemental first-round selections. In 2016 thirty of Fox’s former players at UNC were in the big leagues, including Cleveland Indians reliever and 2016 ALCS MVP Andrew Miller, 2014 AL Gold Glove winner Kyle Seager of the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets righthander Matt Harvey, who started the 2013 MLB All-Star Game