CHAPEL HILL --- The N.C. Sports Hall of Fame named University of North Carolina head baseball coach Mike Fox to its Class of 2017, Executive Director Don Fish announced Thursday. Fox, who is in his 19th year as the head coach of the Tar Heels, has guided his alma mater to the most successful period in school history, firmly establishing Carolina as one of the nation’s preeminent college baseball programs.
Fox was a three-year letterwinner at UNC as a second baseman from 1976-78, helping lead the Tar Heels to the 1978 College World Series. As a senior, he hit .