John Fox (NFL)

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John Fox (born February 8, 1955) is the third and current head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the NFL.

Fox, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was raised in San Diego, California after moving there at age 15. He attended Castle Park High School in Chula Vista and played football at Southwestern Junior College in Chula Vista from 1974-1975 before going to San Diego State, where he played defensive back.

Fox entered the NFL in 1989 as the secondary coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fox was the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants during Super Bowl XXXV, which they lost.

In 2002 Fox was signed as the head coach of the Panthers, whose previous coach George Seifert had led the team to a disastrous 1-15 record in 2001. Fox's first regular season game was a 10-7 victory over the Baltimore Ravens which ended the Panthers' 15-game losing streak dating to the previous season. In the 2003 season Fox led the Panthers to Super Bowl XXXVIII, losing 32-29 to the New England Patriots. In taking the Panthers to the Super Bowl, Fox joined Vince Lombardi and Bill Parcells in the ranks of coaches that inherited a team that had won only one game prior to their hiring, and then took that team to the Super Bowl.

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