Current position | |
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Title | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach |
Team | Western Illinois |
Conference | Big South–OVC |
Playing career | |
1995–1999 | Defiance |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000 | Preble Shawnee HS (OH) (assistant) |
2001 | Lakeland (GA) |
2002–2003 | Dayton (GA) |
2004 | Ball State (GA) |
2005–2007 | Wayne State (MI) (LB/ST) |
2008–2009 | Dayton (DB) |
2010–2018 | Dayton (DC) |
2019–2024 | Valparaiso |
2025–present | Western Illinois (DC/S) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 21–42 |
Landon Fox is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Western Illinois University, positions he has held since 2025. [1] He was the head football coach for Valparaiso University from 2019 to 2024. [2] [3] He also coached for Preble Shawnee High School, Lakeland, Dayton, Ball State, and Wayne State (MI). He played college football for Defiance.
During Fox's 13 combined years at Dayton, he served as a graduate assistant, defensive backs coach, and finally as defensive coordinator from 2010 to 2018. [4] [5]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Valparaiso Crusaders/Beacons (Pioneer Football League)(2019–2024) | |||||||||
2019 | Valparaiso | 1–11 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
2020–21 | Valparaiso | 4–2 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2021 | Valparaiso | 4–7 | 4–4 | 7th | |||||
2022 | Valparaiso | 5–7 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
2023 | Valparaiso | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–8th | |||||
2024 | Valparaiso | 4–7 | 2–5 | 9th | |||||
Valparaiso: | 21–42 | 16–26 | |||||||
Total: | 21–42 |
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