Frosty Cox
Frosty Cox (1908-1962)
Teams coached: Colorado Buffaloes, Montana Grizzlies
Colorado record: 147-89 (.623)
Montana record: 80-85 (.485)
Overall record: 227-174 (.566)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1940, 1942, 1946)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1942)
- NIT Championships: 1 (1940)
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1938, 1940)
- Mountain States Regular Season Champion: 4 (1938, 1939, 1940, 1942)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1955-1962 | Montana |
| 1944-1950 | Colorado |
| 1935-1942 | Colorado |
| 1934-1935 | Kansas (asst) |
Frosty Cox Facts
- Forrest B. Cox
- Born January 22, 1908
- Died May 22, 1962
- Hometown: Newton, Kansas
- Alma Mater: University of Kansas (BA, 1931)
- Earned three letters each in football (playing fullback/halfback) and basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks
- Played basketball for legendary head coach Phog Allen; was an All-American in 1930
- Later spent one season as an assistant on Allen‘s staff before becoming a head coach
- Was the head coach at Colorado from 1935-50 (with a two-year gap without games due to World War II)
- Went 147-89 in 13 seasons as the Buffs head coach, going to two NITs and three NCAA Tournaments
- Reached the 1942 Final Four, won the 1940 NIT title and finished runner-up in the first ever NIT (1938)
- Stepped away from coaching to work in the cattle business in his native Kansas
- Returned to coaching in 1955, leading the Montana basketball program for seven seasons
- Went 80-85 with the Grizzlies, but failed to reach the postseason
- Retired from coaching after the 1961-62 season and died just a few months later in Missoula
- Inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2014
Frosty Cox Coaching Tree
- Sox Walseth (Colorado, South Dakota State)
