Legendary UNC baseball coach Mike Fox announced as 2025 college baseball HOF inductee

Though Scott Forbes has exceeded expectations leading the North Carolina Tar Heels’ baseball program over the past four seasons, their program wouldn’t achieve the same level of success it does today without longtime head coach Mike Fox.

UNC made seven College World Series appearances under Fox, including runner-up finishes to Oregon State in 2006 and 2007. Fox won a whopping 948 games leading North Carolina – and 1,487 overall. That total is ninth-best all-time amongst college baseball coaches.

With all the success Fox experienced in his managerial career, particularly leading the Diamond Heels, it comes as no surprise that Fox will be inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Fox’s induction ceremony will be on Feb. 13, 2025 in Overland Park, Kan, one day before the start of college baseball season.

Fox’s career accolades also include multiple coaching awards, highlighted by being named Baseball America’s 2008 National Coach of the Year and ACC’s 2018 Coach of the Year.

If you remember UNC standouts and future MLB Draft picks Andrew Miller, Dustin Ackley, Colin Moran and Aaron Sabato, who all won numerous Player of the Year awards, Fox coached all of them.

When Fox walks across that stage, he’ll be joined by MLB and college baseball legends Mike Schmidt and Roger Clemens, Mark Texeira, Bill Thom, Jeff King, Murray Wall, Randy Ross, coaches Woody Hunt and Wilbert Ellis, plus umpire Jim Paronto.

It was truly an honor watching Fox lead the Diamond Heels for over two decades. Now, he’ll be getting the greatest post-career honor in college baseball.

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