Before getting the Minnesota State job, he coached some small college team. Before that, he was a high school coach, where Tom Cruise was one of his star defensive backs...until he got kicked off the team. Oh man! That was a big night. Tom Cruise got a pass interference penalty that put the opposing team into striking distance. They eventually turned the ball over, but as the clock ticked down, Fox's team couldn't even rush for a single yard out of their own endzone. The tailback "Fostered" the ball in the endzone, where the other team picked it up to score a TD. Cruise gave teh coach lip after the game and got booted.