Richard Anthony Fox (1899 – December 9, 1960) was an American college basketball coach at the University of Idaho in Moscow. He led the Vandals for nine seasons (1927–1936) and was also the head baseball coach and an assistant in

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Career

From Nezperce High School in Lewis County, Idaho, Fox played varsity basketball at Idaho in the early 1920s. During his final two seasons in

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and

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, "Bullet" was team captain: Idaho made its debut in the

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and won consecutive Fox was also a catcher on the baseball team, and had played football as a After college, Fox coached multiple sports at the high school level, in nearby

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and then three years at Pocatello in

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He led his undefeated PHS Indians to the state title in basketball in 1927 at Moscow; a month later, UI head coach

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accepted the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota, and Fox was hired to succeed his mentor at his Prior to his second season as head coach of the Vandals, the Memorial Gymnasium opened in November Fox coached at Idaho for nine years, announced his resignation in June and entered the private sector. His successor was

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, an assistant coach at

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in Los Angeles.

Death and legacy

Fox died in Cottonwood at age 61 from a heart attack; he is buried next to his wife Mary (1899–1972) at the city cemetery in Moscow. He was a charter member of the Vandal Hall of Fame, inducted in 2008. The Rich and Mary Fox Memorial Scholarship at was established in 1964 and is awarded to the senior Vandal student-athlete with the highest cumulative

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; the athlete must have represented UI creditably in any intercollegiate sport.

Head coaching record

Basketball

References

External links

University of Idaho Athletics
– Hall of Fame – Rich Fox

– Richard Fox – Idaho (1927–1936) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Richard 1899 births 1960 deaths Idaho Vandals baseball coaches Idaho Vandals football coaches Idaho Vandals men's basketball coaches Idaho Vandals baseball players Idaho Vandals football players Idaho Vandals men's basketball players People from Lewis County, Idaho American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from Idaho Basketball players from Idaho