Thad Fox enters his third year as head coach of the SMC Lady Pioneers softball team in 2011-2012.

Fox has a current record of (56-34) in two seasons with the Pioneers. In 2010-2011 Fox led the Pioneers to a second place finish during regular season play with a 20-8 region x record. The Pioneers also finished runner-up in the Region X Tournament for the second straight year to tourney winner Pitt CC. 

Fox and the Pioneers have ben successful in placing Lady Pioneers into four year colleges. Three players from the 2009-2010 season went on the play at a four year school while the 2010-2011 season saw six players move on to four year schools. The schools include- North Carolina A&T University, USC-Beaufort, USC-Aiken, Limestone, Northwood University in Fl, Newberry College, Western Carolina, University of Central Florida, Charleston Southern, and University of South Carolina.

Fox's players have also earned individual honors with nine Region X first team members and two second team members. Six players have also earned Region X All Tournament team accolades. 

The Pioneers are also successful in the classroom, the 2009-2010 team had a 2.75 team grade point average. The 2010-2011 squad finished with a 2.965 team gpa. 

Fox previously served as the assistant softball team, a position in which his responsibilities included coaching outfielders and assisting with recruiting. With the assistance of his leadership, the MHC team finished second in 2009 in the South Atlantic Conference.

He organized and has coached the North Carolina Sun Devils-Elite travel softball team, which has traveled throughout the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee and Colorado in showcase tournaments.  

Fox has led softball players who have gone on to play at colleges and universities such as Lees McRae College; Queens College, in Charlotte, NC; Charleston Southern University; Chipola College; The College of Charleston; Tusculum College; Wingate University; Greensboro College; Emory College; Mars Hill College; the University of North Carolina at Pembroke; and Meredith College.

He also previously served for four seasons as the head softball coach at Freedom High School in Morganton, NC. He coached the Freedom High School team to a 79-28 record during those four seasons and led them to four playoff appearances in which they never finished lower than 3rd place. As head coach at Freedom, he also led fundraising efforts which provided funds to redo the entire playing field and the installation of lighting, fencing and seating.

Fourteen of Fox’s high school players received All-State recognition, while 23 made All-District. One of his players was named District player of the year.

Fox is a two-time Northwestern 4A Conference Coach of the Year (2005, 2008) and was elected West Region Senior Games Assistant Coach (gold medal winners) in 2008.  In 2007 and 2008 he was elected to serve as Region 7 Chair and a NCFSCA Board of Directors member. He also served as Region 7 head coach for the North Carolina State Game’s inaugural event in 2007.

 He also served as an assistant coach in football, women’s basketball and baseball during different times at Freedom High School.

Fox and his wife Amber, the head women’s basketball coach at Freedom High School, resides in Morganton, NC.