Kristie Fox

Kristie Lynn Fox (born September 16, 1985) is an American former collegiate All-American softball shortstop, and current head coach for UNLV Rebels softball team. She attended Mt. Carmel High School and later played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2004 to 2007.^[2][3] Fox led the Wildcats to back-to-back Women's College World Series championships in 2006 and 2007.^[4]

Kristie Fox

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UNLV
Conference	Mountain West
Record	181–96 (.653)
Biographical details
Born	(1985-09-16) September 16, 1985 (age 39)[1] San Diego, California, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2007	Arizona
Position(s)	Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008	Arizona (GA)
2009	Murray State (assistant)
2010–2012	Texas Tech (assistant)
2013–2017	UT Arlington
2018–present	UNLV
Head coaching record
Overall	315–233 (.575)

Playing career

College career

Fox debuted on February 6, 2004 vs. the New Mexico Lobos in a 2/3 performance, including tallying a double.^[5] In her sophomore campaign, she earned First Team All-Pac-12 honors and was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American.^[6] As a junior, she repeated conference and NFCA honors and helped lead the Wildcats into the World Series.^[7] For her senior year, she would maintain her conference recognition and led the team at the 2007 World Series by batting .500 for the series and in her second finale appearance, she had a hit and walked twice against 2007 National Player of The Year Monica Abbott for the Tennessee Lady Vols.^[8][9] She was named to the All-Tournament team and graduated from the university ranking top-10 in career RBIs, where she currently remains for the Wildcats.^[10][11][12]

Professional career

She was selected fifth overall in 2007 NPF Draft and played three season from 2007 to 2009, winning the first title for the Chicago Bandits team in 2008.^[13]

Coaching career

Fox served as an assistant softball coach at the University of Arizona, Murray State University, and Texas Tech University, before serving as the head softball coach at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2013 to 2017.^[14][15] Fox was named head softball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on July 20, 2017.^[16]

Statistics

Arizona Wildcats

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2004	60	175	32	56	.320	37	9	0	9	92	.525%	10	17	7	9
2005	57	180	39	64	.355	64	9	0	13	104	.578%	27	15	8	8
2006	65	197	44	76	.386	66	15	1	8	131	.665%	31	18	3	3
2007	65	193	48	66	.342	63	15	1	16	129	.668%	34	23	5	5
TOTALS	247	745	163	262	.351	230	48	2	46	456	.612%	102	73	23	25

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UT Arlington Mavericks (Western Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013	UT Arlington	25–28	8–13	T-6th
UT Arlington Mavericks (Sun Belt Conference) (2014–2017)
2014	UT Arlington	21–33	4–16	8th
2015	UT Arlington	27–28	8–14	7th
2016	UT Arlington	29–20	8–16	7th
2017	UT Arlington	32–28	14–13	5th	NISC Regional
UT Arlington:		134–137 (.494)	34–56 (.378)
UNLV Rebels (Mountain West Conference) (2018–present)
2018	UNLV	33–20	13–11	4th	NISC Regional
2019	UNLV	36–14	14–9	3rd
2020	UNLV	21–5			Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	UNLV	25–15	14–7	2nd
2022	UNLV	43–15	17–7	3rd	NISC Runner-Up
2023	UNLV	23–27	9–13	T-7th
UNLV:		181–96 (.653)	67–47 (.588)
Total:		315–233 (.575)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion