The College of Southern Idaho men’s basketball program says goodbye to assistant coach Ryan Devlin and welcomes newly hired Jeremy Cox.
Devlin, who was an assistant at CSI for four years, accepted a position with the Penn State Basketball program as Director of Player Development.
Cox joins the Golden Eagles from his most recent stint at Texas Tech University, where he assisted under Billy Gillispie in 2012-2013.
"Jeremy’s background and experience will bring us a solid recruiting background and the ability to network with coaches at a national level," said CSI head coach Steve Gosar. "He works well with student athletes and fits into our culture well. We are very excited to have him join our staff."
Cox has coached for 22 years, including 11 as an NCAA Division I assistant and eight as a junior college head coach. He won a NJCAA National Championship as a head coach at Arkansas-Fort Smith in 2006 and was a part of nine NJCAA Division I post-season appearances as either a head coach or assistant coach as well as four NCAA Division I post-season appearances as an assistant.
In all, Cox has coached 10 players who have reached the NBA.
He has coached as an assistant under Gillispie three times – Texas Tech, Kentucky and Texas A&M.
His first stint with Gillispie was at Texas A&M University from 2006-2007. He then went with Gillispie to University of Kentucky from 2007-2009.
During that time, he helped Kentucky to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and the NIT quarterfinals in 2009.
Before rejoining Gillispie at Texas Tech, Cox assisted at the University of South Florida from 2009-2011 and the University of Nebraska from 2011-2012.
At USF, he was instrumental in the program’s third 20-win season and the school’s first postseason appearance since 2002.
Cox graduated from Mesa State College in 1991 cum laude and received his master’s degree in sports management from the United State Sports Academy in 1999.
He and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Austin, and a daughter Kaili.
"My family and I are extremely excited to be a part of the CSI family and help Coach Gosar continue the Golden Eagle tradition of winning ," Cox said.
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