Murray State University Athletics
Women's Soccer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- pcox8@murraystate.edu
- Phone:
- (270) 809-3136
Paul Cox joined Murray State as the assistant women's soccer coach in 2020. He enters his fourth season in 2023.
At MSU
- Helped lead the Racers to the MVC Conference Championship game in the team's inaugural season in the league
- Played an integral part in Murray State's OVC regular-season championship in his first year as an assistant in 2020-21
- His guidance contributed to a Racer attack that ranked second in the OVC in goals per game (2.09)
Prior to MSU
Cox, an Andover, England native, comes to Murray State after spending three seasons as the head women’s soccer coach at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. Making an instant positive impact on the program during his first campaign in 2018, he led the Chargers to the semifinals in the GPAC Tournament for the first time since 2014. After a return trip to the conference tournament semifinals in 2019, Cox would conclude his stint at Briar Cliff with championship glory – guiding his side to the program’s first-ever GPAC title and NAIA National Tournament appearance with a 10-1-2 overall record in 2020 while being named GPAC Coach of the Year. Through his three seasons at Briar Cliff, Cox compiled a 30-18-4 record overall that included a 25-10-1 mark against conference opponents.
Prior to his run with the Chargers, Cox was the Director of Coaching for the Blair Football Club in Blair, Nebraska. Overseeing a coaching staff of 38 members with 19 competitive teams within the club, he was also responsible for obtaining and implementing a world-class curriculum with the club’s global partner, Southampton FC.
A 2012 graduate of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska, Cox earned his bachelor’s in Business Administration in Management and Marketing before going on to complete his master’s in Leadership and Teaching in Learning. The former All-GPAC First Team selection himself, Cox was an all-conference honoree in three of his four years as a player at Midland. In 2009, he scored the game-winning goal that sent Midland to its first NAIA National Soccer Championships appearance in program history. He would go on to serve as the assistant coach for the Midland University men’s and women’s soccer teams while holding various responsibilities as an academic advisor and human performance professor until early 2018.
Cox earned his USSF 'B' License in 2021Â and also possesses a Level 3 Goalkeeper Certification from the NSCAA.
He and his wife, Tiffany, have one daughter, Frankie, and one son, Archie.
