Thomas University Athletic Director Mike Lee has announced the hiring of Stephen Cox as Head Men’s Basketball Coach.

Cox will lead the Night Hawks as they return to TU as an intercollegiate sport for the first time since the 2000-01 school year. Most recently, Cox was an assistant coach at NCAA D2 Georgia Southwestern University where he helped guide the Hurricanes to the first appearance by any GSW athletic program in the National Tournament. In 2011 Georgia Southwestern captured the Peach Belt Western Division title. Prior to GSW, Cox served as an assistant at Savannah State University, Mercer University and Sante Fe Community College.

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