Frosty Cox

Frosty Cox

Biographical details
Born	(1908-01-22)January 22, 1908 Orlando, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 22, 1962(1962-05-22) (aged 54) Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Playing career
1928–1931	Kansas
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1936–1950	Colorado
1955–1962	Montana
Head coaching record
Overall	227–174
Tournaments	2–4 (NCAA) 3–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NIT (1940) 5 MSC regular season(1937–1940, 1942)
Awards
First-team All-American – Christy Walsh (1930) 2× First-team All-Big Six (1930, 1931)

Forrest B. "Frosty" Cox (January 22, 1908 – May 22, 1962) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head basketball coach at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1936 to 1950 and the University of Montana from 1955 to 1962, compiling a career record of 227–174. Cox led the Colorado Buffaloes to three NCAA Tournaments and two National Invitation Tournament including the 1942 NCAA Final Four and the 1940 NIT title. He also was an assistant football coach and the position coach for Byron "Whizzer" White, during his All-American season in 1937

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Colorado Buffaloes (Mountain States Conference) (1935–1942)
1935–36	Colorado	6–8	6–8	6th
1936–37	Colorado	14–6	10–2	T–1st
1937–38	Colorado	15–6	10–2	T–1st	NIT Runner-up
1938–39	Colorado	14–4	10–2	1st
1939–40	Colorado	17–4	11–1	1st	NCAA Regional Fourth Place, NIT Champion
1940–41	Colorado	10–6	7–5	3rd
1941–42	Colorado	16–2	11–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
Colorado Buffaloes (Mountain States Conference) (1944–1947)
1944–45	Colorado	13–3	9–1	2nd
1945–46	Colorado	12–6	9–3	2nd	NCAA Regional Regional Third Place
1946–47	Colorado	7–11	5–7	5th
Colorado Buffaloes (Big Seven Conference) (1947–1950)
1947–48	Colorado	7–14	4–8	T–6th
1948–49	Colorado	6–12	4–8	5th
1949–50	Colorado	14–8	6–6	4th
Colorado:		147–89 (.623)	102–54 (.654)
Montana Grizzlies (Mountain States Conference) (1955–1962)
1955–56	Montana	14–12	4–10	8th
1956–57	Montana	13–9	9–5	3rd
1957–58	Montana	12–10	8–6	T–5th
1958–59	Montana	10–14	7–7	5th
1959–60	Montana	7–17	3–11	T–6th
1960–61	Montana	14–9	7–7	4th
1961–62	Montana	10–14	5–9	T–4th
Montana:		80–85 (.485)	43–55 (.439)
Total:		227–174 (.566)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach