{"id":228930,"date":"2021-06-30T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=228930"},"modified":"2021-06-30T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T15:18:00","slug":"travers-cox-named-head-coach-uj-mens-volleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=228930","title":{"rendered":"Travers Cox, named head coach UJ Men&#8217;s Volleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/article\/6060\">UJ<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 The University of Jamestown has announced that assistant coach\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink0\" class=\"rosterProfileLink rosterCoachProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/21\/38\/10414\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/21\/38\/10414\" data-original-title=\"\">Travers Cox<\/a>\u00a0has been hired to become head coach of the Jimmie men\u2019s volleyball team.<\/p>\n<p>Travers replaces\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink1\" class=\"rosterProfileLink rosterCoachProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/21\/38\/10343\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/21\/38\/10343\" data-original-title=\"\">Riley Salmon<\/a>, who accepted the head coaching position at Concordia University-Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Cox was an integral part of our success last season and his integrity, demeanor and work ethic are a perfect fit for our institution and department,\u201d said UJ Director of Athletics Sean Johnson.\u00a0\u201cHe has a passion for the game that is second to none.\u00a0Our student-athletes expressed their overwhelming support for Coach Cox.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox joined the UJ men\u2019s volleyball coaching staff in January as an assistant coach and helped the Jimmies to the NAIA national tournament in the program\u2019s first full year of competition.<\/p>\n<p>UJ posted a 21-3 record, captured the GPAC\u00a0crown, and went 1-1 in NAIA tournament pool play in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the team\u2019s three losses last year came to No. 1\u00a0ranked and national champion Grand View (Iowa) and the other to No. 6\u00a0Park (Mo).<\/p>\n<p>In just a season and a half, the Jimmies have a combined program record of 32-5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dream come true for me,\u201d said Cox.\u00a0\u201cI absolutely loved being the assistant coach and working with the team during the 2021 season. I have great respect for the school, culture, team, and what Coach Salmon and the University of Jamestown have built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox brings over 30 years of experience in coaching indoor and outdoor volleyball to UJ. He has coached for Helena High School in Helena, Montana, West High School in Anchorage, Alaska, Helena YMCA in Helena, Montana, Home Court of America in San Antonio, Texas, Capital City Volleyball Club in Helena, Montana and Alaska Midnight Sun Volleyball Club in Anchorage, Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jimmie men\u2019s volleyball program is in great hands with Coach Cox,\u201d said Salmon.\u00a0 \u201cHe will lead the UJ program the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (UJ)\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 The University of Jamestown has announced that assistant coach\u00a0Travers Cox\u00a0has been hired to become head coach of the Jimmie men\u2019s volleyball team. Travers replaces\u00a0Riley Salmon, who accepted the head coaching position at Concordia University-Irvine. \u201cCoach Cox was an integral part of our success last season and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":228931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228932,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228930\/revisions\/228932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/228931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}