David Cox (basketball)

David Cox

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Villanova
Conference	Big East Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1973-10-17) October 17, 1973 (age 52) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma mater	William & Mary
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999	Archbishop Carroll HS (assistant)
2006–2007	Pittsburgh (assistant)
2007–2010	Georgetown (assistant)
2010–2014	Rutgers (assistant)
2012	Rutgers (interim HC)
2014–2018	Rhode Island (assistant)
2018–2022	Rhode Island
2022–2025	Maryland (assistant)
2025-present	Villanova (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	64–55 (.538)

David Cox (born October 17, 1973) is an American college basketball coach, who is currently an assistant coach at Villanova University.

Playing career

Cox was a four-year letterwinner at William & Mary from 1991 to 1995, where he ranks eighth all-time in assists. ^{[1] [2]}

Coaching career

Early career

Earning a master's degree in education from William & Mary in 1996, Cox embarked on an education and coaching career, which saw him get his start in coaching at Archbishop Carroll (DC) as an assistant coach for the boys basketball team. In addition to high school coaching, Cox coached AAU basketball with D.C. Assault before landing his first college basketball position as the director of basketball operations under Jamie Dixon at Pittsburgh in 2006. ^[3]

Georgetown

Cox then returned to the Washington, D.C. area to serve as an assistant coach at Georgetown under John Thompson III from 2007 to 2010. ^[4]

Rutgers

In 2010, Cox joined the basketball staff at Rutgers under Mike Rice Jr., reuniting the pair after both being assistants at Pittsburgh. ^[5] After Rice was suspended by Rutgers during an investigation into his abusive behavior toward players, Cox served as interim head coach of the team, compiling a 3–0 record. However, Rutgers credits all wins and losses to Rice during the 2012–13 season. ^[6]

Cox remained on Rutgers' staff for one season under Eddie Jordan, before being relieved of his duties following the 2013–14 season. ^[7]

Rhode Island

Cox joined Dan Hurley's staff at the University of Rhode Island as an assistant coach in 2014 and was a part of the Rams' Atlantic 10 conference tournament and regular season title squads that participated in the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and 2018.

On April 4, 2018, Cox was elevated to the position of head coach, becoming the 20th head coach in Rhode Island history as he replaced Hurley who departed for the head men's basketball coaching position at UConn. ^{[8] [9]} He finished with a 18–15 record in his first season and 21–9 in his second. Cox was fired on March 11, 2022, after finishing with a 64–55 record in four seasons. ^[10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2018–2022)
2018–19	Rhode Island	18–15	9–9	8th
2019–20	Rhode Island	21–9	13–5	3rd
2020–21	Rhode Island	10–15	7–10	10th
2021–22	Rhode Island	15–16	5–12	11th
Rhode Island:		64–55 (.538)	34–36 (.486)
Total:		64–55 (.538)

References

1. "David Cox College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
2. "Rhode Island". Rhode Island. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
3. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/DavidCoxBio.pdf Archived 2018-04-05 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
4. "David Cox Bio". guhoyas.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
5. "David Cox Named Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach". Rutgers University.
6. "Rutgers suspends coach Mike Rice three games". USA Today .
7. "Rutgers associate head coach David Cox relieved of duties with Scarlet Knights". March 15, 2014.
8. "David Cox Named 20th Rhode Island Men's Basketball Coach". April 4, 2018. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
9. "Rhode Island promotes assistant David Cox to succeed Dan Hurley". April 4, 2018.
10. Borzello, Jeff (March 12, 2022). "Sources: Rhode Island Rams fire head basketball coach David Cox after four seasons". ESPN . Retrieved March 12, 2022.