Joe Cox '64

Joe Cox was an excellent two sport athlete at Catholic High School, helping spark winning teams in basketball and football. He was the sixth man on the basketball team as a junior and averaged 19 points a game as a senior.

A product of St. Mary's, he credits his older brother, John '54, with preparing him (and many others) for the rigors of upper level athletics. "John always taught us to have fun and to work harder than your competition. He taught many life principles to us in preparing us for high school sports."

Cox received a full scholarship to play football at Morehead State University, where he was one of only two freshmen to make the traveling squad. He was a two-way starter for the next three seasons, either at running back or wide receiver on offense, and as an outside linebacker on defense. During his junior year, Morehead won its first Ohio Valley Conference championship.

Cox was a volunteer coach for Badin's 1980 state runner-up football team, and ultimately moved to Las Vegas in 1994. He retired from the real estate business in 2004, and recently opened a logo printing and embroidery business with his wife, Solange.

Cox has a daughter, Kelly McGinnis, in Hamilton and a son, Kasey, in California. He enjoys playing tennis and watching sand volleyball.

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