Kristie Fox

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Kristie Fox
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team UNLV
Conference Mountain West
Record181–96 (.653)
Biographical details
Born (1985-09-16) September 16, 1985 (age 39) [1]
San Diego, California
Playing career
2004–2007 Arizona
Position(s) Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008 Arizona (GA)
2009 Murray State (assistant)
2010–2012 Texas Tech (assistant)
2013–2017 UT Arlington
2018–present UNLV
Head coaching record
Overall315–233 (.575)

Kristie Lynn Fox (born September 16, 1985) is an American, former collegiate All-American softball shortstop and current head coach for UNLV Rebels softball team. She attended Mt. Carmel High School and later played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2004 to 2007. [2] [3] Fox led the Wildcats to back-to-back Women's College World Series championships in 2006 and 2007. [4]

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Playing career

College career

Fox debuted on February 6, 2004 vs. the New Mexico Lobos in a 2/3 performance, including tallying a double. [5] In her sophomore campaign, she earned First Team All-Pac-12 honors and was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American. [6] As a junior, she repeated conference and NFCA honors and helped lead the Wildcats into the World Series. [7] For her senior year, she would maintain her conference recognition and led the team at the 2007 World Series by batting .500 for the series and in her second finale appearance, she had a hit and walked twice against 2007 National Player of The Year Monica Abbott for the Tennessee Lady Vols. [8] [9] She was named to the All-Tournament team and graduated from the university ranking top-10 in career RBIs, where she currently remains for the Wildcats. [10] [11] [12]

Professional career

She was selected fifth overall in 2007 NPF Draft and played three season from 2007 to 2009, winning the first title for the Chicago Bandits team in 2008. [13]

Coaching career

Fox served as an assistant softball coach at the University of Arizona, Murray State University, and Texas Tech University, before serving as the head softball coach at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2013 to 2017. [14] [15] Fox was named head softball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on July 20, 2017. [16]

Statistics

Arizona Wildcats
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2004601753256.3203790992.525%101779
2005571803964.355649013104.578%271588
2006651974476.386661518131.665%311833
2007651934866.3426315116129.668%342355
TOTALS247745163262.35123048246456.612%102732325

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UT Arlington Mavericks (Western Athletic Conference)(2013)
2013 UT Arlington 25–288–13T-6th
UT Arlington Mavericks (Sun Belt Conference)(2014–2017)
2014 UT Arlington 21–334–168th
2015 UT Arlington 27–288–147th
2016 UT Arlington 29–208–167th
2017 UT Arlington 32–2814–135thNISC Regional
UT Arlington:134–137 (.494)34–56 (.378)
UNLV Rebels (Mountain West Conference)(2018–present)
2018 UNLV 33–2013–114thNISC Regional
2019 UNLV 36–1414–93rd
2020 UNLV 21–5Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 UNLV 25–1514–72nd
2022 UNLV 43–1517–73rd NISC Runner-Up
2023 UNLV 23–279–13T-7th
UNLV:181–96 (.653)67–47 (.588)
Total:315–233 (.575)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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