Cox Hired to Lead USCA Volleyball Program

AIKEN, S.C. – USC Aiken has named Glenn Cox as the seventh head volleyball coach in the program’s history, Director of Athletics Randy Warrick announced Wednesday morning. Cox spent the past six seasons as the head coach at the Savannah College of Art & Design, a NAIA institution in Savannah, Ga.

“I am extremely excited and looking forward to being a part of the USC Aiken family,” Cox said of his hiring. “I look forward to working with the team in preseason. Our goal will be to establish a program with great tradition at USCA while becoming a conference and national powerhouse.”

Cox, who will assume his duties at USC Aiken on June 1, replaces Will Condon, who resigned in February to become the head coach at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

In his six seasons at SCAD, Cox led the Bees to a 141-82 overall record. In the past four seasons, his teams have won four-straight Florida Sun Conference championships, won four-straight NAIA Region XIV titles, and advanced to the NAIA National Volleyball Championships in Columbia, Mo., four times.

“We are very fortunate to have someone with Coach Cox’s experience and ability to be successful to take over our volleyball program,” Warrick said. “I expect him to continue his winning ways at USC Aiken and take our volleyball program to new heights.”

This past season, Cox guided the Bees to a 24-12 record and the 15th seed in the NAIA National Tournament. In 2006, SCAD went 26-13 and was ranked as high as eighth nationally. Cox won the NAIA Region XIV Coach of the Year three times in the past four seasons.

In the classroom, the Bees earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association/Game Plan Team Academic Award in every season under Cox.

Prior to his time at SCAD, Cox served as the head volleyball coach at Athens Academy in Athens, Ga. His teams won back-to-back undefeated region championships and an overall record of 69-27 (.719). Athens Academy finished third in the Georgia High School Association’s Class AA/A State Tournament in 2000 and second in the 2001 tournament.

Before becoming a head coach, Cox served two seasons as an assistant coach at Valdosta Sate University, an NCAA Division II institution in Valdosta, Ga. In his two seasons, the Blazers went 61-15 in recording two third-place finishes in the Gulf South Conference.

Cox has also had a successful career as a professional beach volleyball player, recording 43 open victories while competing on several national tours.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 1994 and received a master’s degree in health and kinesiology in 2001 from Valdosta State University.

Cox and his wife, Julie, have two children, Elizabeth and Timothy.

USC Aiken is coming off a banner season in 2007. The Lady Pacers finished 26-5 with a perfect 10-0 mark in Peach Belt Conference play. The 26 wins are tied for the third most in the program’s 17-year NCAA era. USCA won both the PBC regular season and tournament championships while advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season.