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Gene Cox

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Gene Cox
Coach Gene Cox
Biographical details
Born1934
Lake City, Florida
Died(2009-03-30)March 30, 2009
Playing career
1954–1955Florida State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1990Leon High School

Gene Calvin Cox was a football coach at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Over his 38-year career at four schools, his teams won 313 games, a feat that has not been duplicated as of 2006. In 1988, he was inducted into the State of Florida Sports Hall of Fame. In 1998, the City of Tallahassee renamed the local high school football stadium Gene Cox Stadium.[1]

Cox received his bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1956 after playing on the 1954 and 1955 Florida State Seminole football teams.

He died on March 30, 2009, at age 74.[2]

Head coaching record

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Yea Team Record Playoff Result
1963 Leon High School 4-6-0
1964 Leon High School 8-3-0
1965 Leon High School 6-4-0
1966 Leon High School 6-3-2
1967 Leon High School 10-1-0
1968 Leon High School 6-3-1
1969 Leon High School 13-0-0 State Champions
1970 Leon High School 11-1-0
1971 Leon High School 6-4-0
1972 Leon High School 12-1-0 State Runner-Up
1973 Leon High School 9-1-1
1974 Leon High School 13-0-0 State Champions
1975 Leon High School 12-2-0 State Runner-Up
1976 Leon High School 7-3-0
1977 Leon High School 8-3-0
1978 Leon High School 8-3-0
1979 Leon High School 9-2-0
1980 Leon High School 9-1-0
1981 Leon High School 11-1-0
1982 Leon High School 11-1-0
1983 Leon High School 7-4-0
1984 Leon High School 10-1-0
1985 Leon High School 10-1-0
1986 Leon High School 7-3-0
1987 Leon High School 7-3-0
1988 Leon High School 9-2-0
1989 Leon High School 3-7-0
1990 Leon High School 6-4-0
Overall Record 238-68-4

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