Cox was a four-year letterwinner at William & Mary from 1991 to 1995, where he ranks eighth all-time in assists.
[3] Cox then returned to the Washington, D.C. area to serve as an assistant coach at Georgetown under John Thompson III from 2007 to 2010.
[4] In 2010, Cox joined the basketball staff at Rutgers under Mike Rice Jr., reuniting the pair after both being assistants at Pittsburgh.
[5] After Rice was suspended by Rutgers during an investigation into his abusive behavior toward players, Cox served as interim head coach of the team, compiling a 3–0 record, however Rutgers credits all wins and losses to Rice during the 2012–13 season.
[7] Cox joined Dan Hurley's staff at Rhode Island as an assistant coach in 2014 and was a part of the Rams' Atlantic 10 conference tournament and regular season title squads that participated in the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and 2018.