Former assistant coach of South Carolina Gamecocks Joe Cox he would have found his next job.
Cox, who followed the former offensive coordinator Mike Bobo to South Carolina in January 2020, must be on Charlotte’s team, according to Pete Thamel. Cox would be joining the 49ers team as a tight end coach.
Cox was initially hired to train tight ends in South Carolina. He was later transferred to wide receivers. Below is his profile on GamecocksOnline …
Joe Cox was appointed to the Gamecocks technical team on January 9, 2020. Cox came to Columbia after spending the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Colorado State University under the tutelage of Mike Bobo. In his first season at Columbia, Cox will be responsible for Gamecock wide receivers.
Cox spent the 2019 season coaching Rams’ wide receivers after guiding the 2016-18 tight end. The former Georgia defender who started all games in 2009 to Mike Bobo, joined the CSU team as an undergraduate assistant in 2015, after working as a coach for two years in high school in his home state of North Carolina.
Cox helped fuel a Rams offense that ended in some of the most productive seasons in the school’s history. CSU posted two of the top five scoring seasons in school history (3rd – 35.3 in 2016 and 5th – 33.4 in 2017) and two of the top four marks for total offense with Cox on the team, including a school record of 492 , 5 yards per game in 2017 (4th, 462.5 in 2016). The 2017 Rams also broke school records for first descents per game (25.5) and third descent conversions (50.3%).
In 2019, the Rams ranked 14th in the country in ball attack, averaging 305.3 yards per game in the air. Junior wide receiver Warren Jackson he averaged 111.9 yards per game, the fourth in the country, in 77 receptions, with eight touchdowns in 10 games. True first freshman Dante Wright added 57 catches for 805 yards. Jackson and the tight end of the second year Trey McBride (45 receptions for 560 yards and four TDs) were worth the honors of the first team at the All-Mountain West Conference.
In 2018, with Cox guiding a talented group of tight ends, Rams was 13th in FBS for attack passes (304.9), registered the fourth highest mark in the school’s history for touchdown passes with 26 and the 10th best total attack season, averaging 410.5 yards per game.
The tight end group played a significant role in the performance of Rams’ record-breaking attack in 2017. Senior Dalton Fackrell he tied for second place in the team with six touchdown receptions among his 26 receptions, which were in fifth place in the team, for 313 yards. Freshman Cameron Butler stepped in and added 12 receptions for 171 yards and three touchdowns. His receptions and yards have been that of a CSU freshman tight end since 2004 and his three touchdowns have been the majority since 2002.
In 2016, Rams’ tight end corps were instrumental in helping Rams to rank fourth on the FBS in red zone scoring (94.6 percent), as well as 12th in passing efficiency, 28th in attack score ( 35.3) and 30º in total attack (462.5). The unit also contributed to Rams’ star pass protection, which resulted in a national ranking of 8th for the lowest number of bags allowed (1.0), including only a total in the final six games of the season. Its impact on the racing game resulted in the second highest average yardage per transport (5.3) in the school’s history and the second best running total (2,832 net yards).
Cox was part of the technical team at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, NC, from 2013 to 14, when the school won consecutive state championships. He joined the Mallard Creek team in 2013 as a quarterback coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2014.
As Georgia’s starting quarterback in 2009, Cox completed 185 of 331 passing attempts for 2,584 yards and 24 touchdowns, at the time the second best total of a single season in UGA history. An offensive captain, Cox led the Bulldogs to an 8-5 record, and was named Walter Camp’s Offensive Player of the Week for his five touchdown and 375 yard performance in Arkansas. For his career, Cox completed 56 percent of his passes for 3,016 yards and 29 touchdowns with 16 interceptions.
Cox was North Carolina’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2004 and AP Prep Player of the Year, and an All-American at Parade Magazine at Independence (NC) High School.
Cox received his bachelor’s degree in psychology in Georgia in December 2009.