Allen E. Fox (born June 25, 1939) is an American former tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author.

[2] In 1960, he won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) doubles title with Larry Nagler for the University of California at Los Angeles.

[3] After Fox successfully convinced his friend Larry Nagler to join him and attend the University of California at Los Angeles and play tennis for the Bruins, on a team where Fox was the #1 player, Nagler says "we were bitter rivals and close friends.

"[4][5] Nagler and Fox won the doubles title at Ojai in 1961, defeating Bill Hoogs and Jim McManus.

[5] In 1960, he won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) doubles title with Larry Nagler for UCLA.

[6] In 1961, as team captain, Fox won the NCAA singles title, beating Ray Senkowski of Michigan, 6–1, 6–2, and 6–4.

[11] In 1966, he won the Canadian Nationals and the (40th annual) Los Angeles Open, formerly known as the Pacific Southwest Championships, as a graduate student, beating the then-current champions of all four Major Slams – Manuel Santana (Wimbledon), Fred Stolle (U.S.), Tony Roche (French), and Roy Emerson (Australian), in the finals.

[18] Four years later, he was back at the 1969 Maccabiah Games as the top seed, and again won the gold medal, this time defeating South African Julian Krinsky in the men's individual semi-finals and South African Davis Cup player Jack Saul in the finals.

[6][25] Fox coached the Pepperdine University men's tennis team, at the highest level-Division 1, for 17 years.

In his career, he coached his teams to a 368–108 won-lost record between 1979 and 1995; the .778 winning percentage is the best in Pepperdine tennis history.

[2] Fox has two sons, Evan and Charlie, and lives in San Luis Obispo, California, with his wife Nancy.