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Head Coach Jim Fox

Jim Fox

Head Women's Tennis Coach

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Jim Fox took over the women's tennis program at Alma College in the 2006 season and is entering his third year at the helm for the Scots. In his first two seasons, Fox led the Scots to identical 3-12 records, finishing 8th in the MIAA conference.

Fox has 19 years of coaching under his belt, and for the last 13 has been the coach for the Alma High School girls team, during which time he has led the program to a 99-21-3 record, winning ten conference championships, and two regional championships.

Fox has had 11 of his 13 Alma teams qualify for the state tournament.

Fox also served as the Men’s Tennis Coach at Ithaca High School from 1987-90.

In the off-season Fox is the director of the Alma Girls Summer Tennis Program and is a registered United States Tennis Association (USTA) official.

Prior to joining the Scots, Fox was a high school biology teacher in Ithaca for 31 years and has been retired for six years. He and his wife Leslie have two daughters, Johanna and Anneliese.

 

Thirty-four percent of Alma students participate in intercollegiate athletics. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest existing athletic conference in the nation.

 

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Judd Folske

Judd Folske

Judd Folske is entering his first year as Alma College Head Baseball Coach in the 2007-2008 season after spending two years as an assistant coach with the program. Coach Folske joined the Maroon and Cream in the fall of 2005 after stops at NCAA Division I Central Michigan University, and stints at Div. II schools Saginaw Valley State University and Ferris State University. He also serves the athletic department as assistant athletic director.

While head coach of the CMU Chippewas, Folske posted a 131-98 mark. In 2000, he finished in a tie for first in the MAC conference with a record of 41-17 (18-8). Folske retired after the 2003 season at CMU, and went to work as an assistant at SVSU, where he worked in that capacity for two seasons.