About Gene Cox
Lived 1935 – 2009 (aged 73–74). Gene Cox was an American american football coach.
Gene Calvin Cox was a football coach at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Over his 38-year career at four schools, his teams won 313 games, a feat that has not been duplicated as of 2006. In 1988, he was inducted into the State of Florida Sports Hall of Fame. In 1998, the City of Tallahassee renamed the local high school football stadium Gene Cox Stadium.
Cox received his bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1956 after playing on the 1954 and 1955 Florida State Seminole football teams.
He died on March 30, 2009, at age 74.
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Who was Gene Cox?
American football coach
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Gene Cox was born in 1935 in Lake City.
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Gene Cox died on 30 March 2009.
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Gene Cox was an american football coach.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gene Cox. https://biography.guide/gene-cox/
MLA: "Gene Cox." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gene-cox/.
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