Kristie Fox

Kristie Lynn Fox (born September 16, 1985) is an American, former collegiate All-American softball shortstop and current head coach for UNLV Rebels softball team. She attended Mt. Carmel High School and later played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2004 to 2007.[2][3] Fox led the Wildcats to back-to-back Women's College World Series championships in 2006 and 2007.[4]

Kristie Fox
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamUNLV
ConferenceMountain West
Record181–96 (.653)
Biographical details
Born (1985-09-16) September 16, 1985[1]
San Diego, California
Playing career
2004–2007Arizona
Position(s)Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008Arizona (GA)
2009Murray State (assistant)
2010–2012Texas Tech (assistant)
2013–2017UT Arlington
2018–presentUNLV Rebels
Head coaching record
Overall315–233 (.575)

Playing career

College career

Fox debuted on February 6, 2004 vs. the New Mexico Lobos in a 2/3 performance, including tallying a double.[5] In her sophomore campaign, she earned First Team All-Pac-12 honors and was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American.[6] As a junior, she repeated conference and NFCA honors and helped lead the Wildcats into the World Series.[7] For her senior year, she would maintain her conference recognition and led the team at the 2007 World Series by batting .500 for the series and in her second finale appearance, she had a hit and walked twice against 2007 National Player of The Year Monica Abbott for the Tennessee Lady Vols.[8][9] She was named to the All-Tournament team and graduated from the university ranking top-10 in career RBIs, where she currently remains for the Wildcats.[10][11][12]

Professional career

She was selected fifth overall in 2007 NPF Draft and played three season from 2007 to 2009, winning the first title for the Chicago Bandits team in 2008.[13]

Coaching career

Fox served as an assistant softball coach at the University of Arizona, Murray State University, and Texas Tech University, before serving as the head softball coach at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2013 to 2017.[14][15] Fox was named head softball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on July 20, 2017.[16]

Statistics
Arizona Wildcats
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2004 60 175 32 56 .320 37 9 0 9 92 .525% 10 17 7 9
2005 57 180 39 64 .355 64 9 0 13 104 .578% 27 15 8 8
2006 65 197 44 76 .386 66 15 1 8 131 .665% 31 18 3 3
2007 65 193 48 66 .342 63 15 1 16 129 .668% 34 23 5 5
TOTALS 247 745 163 262 .351 230 48 2 46 456 .612% 102 73 23 25

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UT Arlington Mavericks (Western Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013 UT Arlington 25–288–13T-6th
UT Arlington Mavericks (Sun Belt Conference) (2014–2017)
2014 UT Arlington 21–334–168th
2015 UT Arlington 27–288–147th
2016 UT Arlington 29–208–167th
2017 UT Arlington 32–2814–135thNISC Regional
UT Arlington: 134–137 (.494)34–56 (.378)
UNLV Rebels (Mountain West Conference) (2018–present)
2018 UNLV 33–2013–114thNISC Regional
2019 UNLV 36–1414–93rd
2020 UNLV 21–5Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 UNLV 25–1514–72nd
2022 UNLV 43–1517–73rdNISC Runner-Up
2023 UNLV 23–279–13T-7th
UNLV: 181–96 (.653)67–47 (.588)
Total:315–233 (.575)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Kristie Lynn Fox". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  2. Davis, Chris (April 21, 2006). "Fox on prowl for ways to improve self, Wildcats". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. Finley, Patrick (March 6, 2007). "Feisty Fox won't let ailing elbow slow her against ASU". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  4. Alameda, Damien (June 5, 2017). "The Last Queens Of The Diamond". KOLD. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  5. "Arizona vs New Mexico (Feb 06, 2004)". Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  6. "2005 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  7. "2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  8. "Arizona WCWS Stats". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  9. "# 5 TENNESSEE (63-8) -VS- # 1 ARIZONA (50-14-1)". Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  10. "Division I Softball Championships Records Book" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  11. "Arizona Softball Record Book" (PDF). Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  12. "Pac-12 Conference 2020 Softball Media Guide". E-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  13. "Chicago wins first-ever NPF Championship Title". Oursportscentral.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  14. Brewer, Ray (February 4, 2018). "UNLV softball coach sets example by balancing motherhood, coaching". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  15. Morton, Sam (February 5, 2015). "UT Arlington opens softball season with renewed optimism". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  16. Anderson, Mark (July 20, 2017). "UNLV hires Texas-Arlington coach to run softball program". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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