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David Cox is the new Associate Head Coach at Rutgers.
Cox moves to Rutgers from Big East rival Georgetown and will serve as Mike Rice’s No. 2.
Rice previously missed out on Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson and Pittsburgh assistant Brandin Knight.
Rice previously named Jimmy Martelli to his staff. Jimmy Carr, an assistant under former coach Fred Hill, was also present during the recent recruiting visit of St. Benedict’s guard Mike Poole.
Rice was looking for a strong African-American role model and met with Cox earlier this week.
Cox spent two years under Coach John Thompson III at Georgetown.
Before that he served as the director of basketball operations at Pittsburgh, where Rice as also an assistant under head coach Jamie Dixon.
“David is a tremendous role model for our student-athletes,” Thompson said. “He has an outstanding basketball background. He is an individual who brings a great deal of knowledge and experience.”
Prior to his stint at Pittsburgh, Cox spent seven years as an Assistant Principal at his alma mater, St. John’s Preparatory High School, in Washington, D.C. His many duties at St. John’s Prep from 1999-2006 included oversight of the school’s athletic department, supervision of all extra-curricular activities and serving as school disciplinarian.
Prior to his tenure at St. John’s, Cox also coached at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington D.C. from 1996-99. One of his former players was Georgetown alum Ruben Boumjte-Boumjte.
He served seven years as an assistant coach with the Washington D.C. Assault AAU program where he helped guide the team to the 2004 Under-16 national championship.
In assisting D.C. Assault head coach Curtis Malone, several of his players earned college scholarships including Tre Kelley (South Carolina), Chris McCray (Maryland), James White (Florida, Cincinnati), Tony Bethel (Georgetown, N.C. State) and Amari Israel (Notre Dame).
Cox graduated from William & Mary in 1995 with a sociology degree and later earned his Master’s in Education in 1996.
(Photo courtesy Georgetown Athletics)
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
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David Cox is the new Associate Head Coach at Rutgers.
Cox moves to Rutgers from Big East rival Georgetown and will serve as Mike Rice’s No. 2.
Rice previously missed out on Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson and Pittsburgh assistant Brandin Knight.
Rice previously named Jimmy Martelli to his staff. Jimmy Carr, an assistant under former coach Fred Hill, was also present during the recent recruiting visit of St. Benedict’s guard Mike Poole.
Rice was looking for a strong African-American role model and met with Cox earlier this week.
Cox spent two years under Coach John Thompson III at Georgetown.
Before that he served as the director of basketball operations at Pittsburgh, where Rice as also an assistant under head coach Jamie Dixon.
“David is a tremendous role model for our student-athletes,” Thompson said. “He has an outstanding basketball background. He is an individual who brings a great deal of knowledge and experience.”
Prior to his stint at Pittsburgh, Cox spent seven years as an Assistant Principal at his alma mater, St. John’s Preparatory High School, in Washington, D.C. His many duties at St. John’s Prep from 1999-2006 included oversight of the school’s athletic department, supervision of all extra-curricular activities and serving as school disciplinarian.
Prior to his tenure at St. John’s, Cox also coached at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington D.C. from 1996-99. One of his former players was Georgetown alum Ruben Boumjte-Boumjte.
He served seven years as an assistant coach with the Washington D.C. Assault AAU program where he helped guide the team to the 2004 Under-16 national championship.
In assisting D.C. Assault head coach Curtis Malone, several of his players earned college scholarships including Tre Kelley (South Carolina), Chris McCray (Maryland), James White (Florida, Cincinnati), Tony Bethel (Georgetown, N.C. State) and Amari Israel (Notre Dame).
Cox graduated from William & Mary in 1995 with a sociology degree and later earned his Master’s in Education in 1996.
(Photo courtesy Georgetown Athletics)
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