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.Biography of Gene Cox
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.
Head coaching record
YeaTeamRecordPlayoff Result1963Leon High School4-6-01964Leon High School8-3-01965Leon High School6-4-01966Leon High School6-3-21967Leon High School10-1-01968Leon High School6-3-11969Leon High School13-0-0State Champions1970Leon High School11-1-01971Leon High School6-4-01972Leon High School12-1-0State Runner-Up1973Leon High School9-1-11974Leon High School13-0-0State Champions1975Leon High School12-2-0State Runner-Up1976Leon High School7-3-01977Leon High School8-3-01978Leon High School8-3-01979Leon High School9-2-01980Leon High School9-1-01981Leon High School11-1-01982Leon High School11-1-01983Leon High School7-4-01984Leon High School10-1-01985Leon High School10-1-01986Leon High School7-3-01987Leon High School7-3-01988Leon High School9-2-01989Leon High School3-7-01990Leon High School6-4-0Overall Record238-68-4
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