Landon Fox
American football coach
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Landon Fox is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Western Illinois University, positions he has held since 2025.[1] He was the head football coach for Valparaiso University from 2019 to 2024.[2][3] He also coached for Preble Shawnee High School, Lakeland, Dayton, Ball State, and Wayne State (MI). He played college football for Defiance.
TitleDefensive coordinator & safeties coach
TeamWestern Illinois
ConferenceBig South–OVC
1995–1999Defiance
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach |
| Team | Western Illinois |
| Conference | Big South–OVC |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | Defiance |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000 | Preble Shawnee HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 2001 | Lakeland (GA) |
| 2002–2003 | Dayton (GA) |
| 2004 | Ball State (GA) |
| 2005–2007 | Wayne State (MI) (LB/ST) |
| 2008–2009 | Dayton (DB) |
| 2010–2018 | Dayton (DC) |
| 2019–2024 | Valparaiso |
| 2025–present | Western Illinois (DC/S) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 21–42 |
During Fox's 13 combined years at Dayton, he served as a graduate assistant, defensive backs coach, and finally as defensive coordinator from 2010 to 2018.[4][5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso Crusaders/Beacons (Pioneer Football League) (2019–2024) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Valparaiso | 1–11 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Valparaiso | 4–2 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2021 | Valparaiso | 4–7 | 4–4 | 7th | |||||
| 2022 | Valparaiso | 5–7 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
| 2023 | Valparaiso | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–8th | |||||
| 2024 | Valparaiso | 4–7 | 2–5 | 9th | |||||
| Valparaiso: | 21–42 | 16–26 | |||||||
| Total: | 21–42 | ||||||||
