Heather Cox | |
|---|---|
 Cox reporting at the2008 Summer Olympics | |
| Born | Heather Schoeny (1970-06-03)June 3, 1970 (age 55) |
| Alma mater | University of the Pacific |
| Occupation | Sideline reporter |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Employer | NBC Sports |
| Spouse | Bill Cox |
| Children | Will Cox, Ally Cox |
Heather Cox (néeSchoeny) (born June 3, 1970) is an Americansportscaster who is a sports reporter forNBC. As Heather Schoeny, she played collegevolleyball atUniversity of the Pacific.[1][2]
Cox attendedCapistrano Valley High School inMission Viejo, CA, and was a star player on both the basketball and volleyball teams there. Repeated injuries led her to choose volleyball as her collegiate sport.[3]
Cox's collegiate athletic career included four years (1988 to 1991) on the University of the Pacific (Division I) women's volleyball team, serving as team captain on a team that was ranked in the top five nationally from 1988 to 1991, reached theFinal Four and was a national championship runner-up in 1990. Cox graduated from theUniversity of the Pacific with a degree incommunications in 1992. She was a member of theUnited States National Volleyball Team from 1987 to 1995 and competed at the United States Olympic Festival in 1990. Cox played professional volleyball in the National Volleyball Association as team captain of the Sacramento Stars.[4]
From 1994 to 2016, Cox served as a reporter forABC Sports andESPN's coverage of theNBA on ESPN,NBA on ABC,college football on ABC,college football on ESPN,NCAA basketball on ESPN,NCAA basketball on ABC, theWNBA and professionalvolleyball. Beginning in 1994, she also served as the analyst for ESPN's coverage of the men's and women's NCAA Volleyball Championships and women's NCAA basketball. In 2012, Cox was named asErin Andrews's replacement onABC'sSaturday Night College Football Game of the Week.[5]
Cox began her broadcast career as a basketball analyst forFox Sports Net in 1993 and coveredcollege football, professional basketball and volleyball during her tenure at Fox Sports Net. Cox worked as a columnist for thePac-10 Conference, writing a weekly national volleyball column in 2000. From 1999 to 2000, she served as a reporter onRunning with the Pac magazine show.
Cox has also worked forCBS Sports, reporting on themen's NCAA basketball tournament,motocross andauto racing, and as an analyst on its women's college basketball coverage. She also served as an analyst and reporter for the 1998 and 2001Goodwill Games forTurner Sports. In 2002, she reported on theNBA Playoffs. She served as analyst forOxygen media network's coverage of theWNBA. She also served as a reporter for Olympic qualifying volleyball on the Oxygen media network.
Cox is the recipient of the 2004 USA Volleyball E. Douglas Boyden Media Recognition Award.
From 2003 until its end, Cox served as a reporter on NBC'sAVPprobeach volleyball coverage. She made her NBC Olympic debut reporting from both thevolleyball andbeach volleyball competitions at the2004 Athens Games. Cox returned toNBC Sports forOlympic assignments asbeach volleyball reporter in2008 and2012. During the2016 Summer Paralympics inRio de Janeiro,Brazil, Cox served as a poolside reporter for American paralympic broadcasterNBCSN during theswimming competitions at the Paralympics.[6]
Cox currently works as a sideline reporter forGolf Channel, and NBC'sOlympic coverage. She previously worked the sidelines forThursday Night Football broadcasts on NBC and NFL Network. She also worked alongsideMichele Tafoya on NBC's twoNFL playoff broadcasts for the 2016 season.
| Executives |  | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. networks |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| International |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Ventures | |||||||||||||||||||
| Defunct ventures |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Sports broadcasting rights | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other properties |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Notable personalities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||||