Academy Alum Cox Helps Texas A&M Reach The Sweet 16

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DAPHNE, Ala. –Merely a year after winning the National Junior College Athletic Association basketball title as a head coach, United States Sports Academy alum Jeremy Cox is in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 as an assistant coach at Texas A&M University.

Texas A&M advanced to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 1980 following a 72-69 win over the Louisville Cardinals on 17 March. The Aggies will face Memphis on 22 March at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Cox, who earned his Master of Sport Science degree in sports management from the Academy in 1999, led the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national title in men's basketball in 2006. Cox is one of two Academy graduates to win a national championship in college basketball in 2006. Terry Waldrop, a 1993 graduate, led Texas Wesleyan to the NAIA National Championship in men's basketball the same season.

Cox directed his program to a 33-3 record his final season, UAFS's first national championship season in 25 years. Five of his players earned NCAA Division I scholarships, giving him a place in Division I.

Cox guided UAFS to an 84-17 record in three seasons, winning at least 20 games in each campaign and earning two Bi-State Conference East Division championships. At Fort Smith, he served as an assistant in 2002 after four years as head coach at Garden City (Kan) Community College, where he had a .721 winning percentage and a 93-36 record. In his first head coaching position at North Dakota State College of Science, his team was 19-9 in 1997-98. It won an NJCAA Region XIII championship.

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