Alexander Cox (field hockey)
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| Born | 10 January 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Marsha Cox (married 2013–present)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Cox, also known as Alex Cox, is a Dutch field hockey coach and a former field hockey player. He guided SV Kampong to the 2015–16 Euro Hockey League title and two successive Hoofdklasse titles in 2016–17 and 2017–18. He has also worked as an assistant coach with both the Netherlands men's and Netherlands women's teams. He was head coach of the Netherlands U21 team that won the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship. Between 2018 and 2019, Cox served as head coach of the Ireland men. He is married to Marsha Marescia, the former South Africa women's international.
Cox played as a defender with Schaerweijde. Between 2003 and 2006 he played for SCHC in the Hoofdklasse.[2]
Coaching career
Early years
Between 2006 and 2008 Cox the men's coach at Schaerweijde. In 2008 he took over from Paul van Ass at HGC in the Hoofdklasse. Between 2009 and 2011 he coached the Laren women's team in the Women's Hoofdklasse.[2][3]
Netherlands
Cox worked as an assistant coach with both the Netherlands men's and Netherlands women's teams at the 2012 Summer Olympics when they won silver and gold medals respectively. He was head coach of the Netherlands U21 team that won the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship.[4][5]
SV Kampong
In 2012 Cox was appointed head coach of the men's team at SV Kampong.[2][6] With a team that included David Harte, he subsequently guided SV Kampong to the 2015–16 Euro Hockey League title and two successive Hoofdklasse titles in 2016–17 and 2017–18.[4][7][8][9] In January 2020 he announced he would quit coaching at the end of the 2019–20 season to focus on his social life.[10]
Ireland
In July 2018 Cox was appointed head coach of Ireland.[4][6][11][12][13] He subsequently took charge of the Ireland team at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup[14] and at the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship.[15][16] In August 2019 he resigned as Ireland head coach.[17][18][19]
| Tournaments as Head Coach | Place | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship[5] | 1st |  Netherlands U21 |
| 2018 Men's Four Nations Cup[14] | 4th |  Ireland |
| 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup[14] | 14th | Ireland |
| 2018–19 Men's FIH Series Finals[20] | 2nd | Ireland |
| 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship[15][16] | 8th | Ireland |
