Austin Cox brings a wealth of experience to the UTEP men’s basketball team as the chief of staff for the program. He was named to the position in summer of 2022. The son of Miners’ associate head coach Jeremy Cox, he ventured to the Sun City from Stephen F. Austin where had served in the same capacity since June of 2021.
From August 2018 through May 2021 he worked as an Elite Account Executive at Hudl-Sportscode, a company that is leading the way in the recruiting and data analytics
landscape for college athletics.
Cox brings a diverse background to the Miners’ Basketball staff with four years of experience in Collegiate Administration within Conference USA.He served as the Chief of Staff for Southern Miss Athletics from 2015-18, and was an assistant to the Director of Athletics with the Golden Eagles from 2014-15. He got his start in college athletics by serving as the head student manager (nine total managers) for the men’s basketball program at Texas Tech University from 2012-14 under Hall of Fame coach Tubby Smith.
Tabbed to Front Office Sports’ nationally acclaimed Rising 25 list in 2019, Cox was also part of SFA’s WAC regular-season title run in 2022.
He will have a multitude of responsibilities at UTEP, including serving as the liaison between athletic administration and second-year head coach Joe Golding.
