Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

The 2025 season marks the fifth season for Eric Fox as an assistant coach with the Southeast Missouri track & field program. Fox is in charge of the Redhawks multi, pole vault, hurdle and jump events.  

During the 2024 season Fox coached Clara Billing, Brianna Dixon, and Molly Grohmann to the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Brianna Dixon won outdoor and indoor OVC Female Freshman of the year and outdoor OVC Female Field athlete of the year.        

In 2023 Fox coached Freshman Clara Billing and Luke Hatfield Jackson to the NCAA West Preliminary round. Billing broke the SEMO pole Vault record twice and place first in the OVC in the indoor and outdoor season, while claiming OVC Women’s Outdoor Freshman of the Year honors.        

Luke Hatfield -Jackson won gold in the high jump and the long jump in the outdoor season. Jackson also claimed Ohio Valley  Field Athlete of the Year in the indoor and outdoor season.          

 Fox coached Luke Hatfield-Jackson to back-to-back OVC outdoor high jump titles, one indoor high jump crown and one outdoor long jump championship. Nick South also claimed one indoor pole vault title and both Laila Hardin and Kendall Long won the 400m hurdles with Fox as their coach.
 
Fox comes to SEMO after serving as an assistant at Wittenberg, a NCAA Division III institution in Springfield, Ohio. As a Tiger, he coached five All-Americans and eight national qualifiers in the long jump, high jump, and heptathlon. He also was responsible for recruiting prospective student-athletes.
 
Fox, a Cambridge, Ohio native, earned his Master's in Athletic Coaching from Wittenberg in June 2021.

He also has high school coaching experience as an assistant at Eastern High School in Louisville, Kentucky. Fox mentored Luke Levinson, the 2019 Kentucky High School Athletic Association State champion in the pole vault. Levinson ranked first in the country for the event after clearing 15-8 as a freshman.

In both coaching stints, Fox has developed training plans for athletes as well as aided in meet management.

Prior to coaching, Fox was a standout track & field student-athlete at Louisville. Fox captured the Atlantic Coast Conference Decathlon Championship in 2018 and earned seven All-ACC honors for multi events and pole vault. He was an NCAA Division I East Preliminary Regional qualifier for pole vault in 2017.

Fox was also named to the All-ACC Academic Team and Louisville's Athletic Director Honor Roll.
 
Fox graduated from Louisville in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Sports Administration with a minor in Communication.