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Dean Cox
Dean Michael Cox (born 1 August 1981) is a retired Australian rules footballer and the current senior coach of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). After winning the Simpson Medal with East Perth in the 2000 WAFL premiership, Cox debuted in the AFL with the West Coast Eagles in 2001. A ruckman, Cox was named in the All-Australian team six times, including four seasons consecutively from 2005 to 2008. In 2006, he played in West Coast's premiership side and in 2008 he won West Coast's best and fairest award. Cox retired at the end of the 2014 season, finishing his career with 290 games, a club record, and 169 goals.
Cox joined the Swans as an assistant coach in 2017, and succeeded John Longmire as senior men's coach in November 2024.
Cox hails from Dampier, Western Australia, where he played for the Dampier Sharks.[citation needed]
His uncle George Michalczyk, a former Australian rules player himself, recommended Cox to the club he began his senior career with, East Perth.
Cox played colts for East Perth in 1999 and at the end of the season was invited to train with the West Coast Eagles in their pre-season. He impressed enough for him to be rookie-listed in the 2000 Rookie Draft. In 2000, he continued to play for East Perth's senior side in the WAFL, where he won the Simpson Medal in leading the club to the WAFL premiership.
The Eagles put Cox on their senior list and he made his AFL debut in 2001.
He came of age during the 2005 season, where he became a dominant player for the Eagles.
He topped the year off with a terrific finals series, living up to his high standards. Two incidents stand out in particular for Cox – one where in the Qualifying Final against Sydney he took two saving marks in defence to secure the game in the dying moments, where his team got home by less than a goal. The other moment that stands out had the Eagles on the other end, where in the Grand Final three weeks later, also against Sydney, he took a strong mark on the half-forward line and speared the ball in towards a pack in the dying moments. Leo Barry took the game-saving mark from the kick, which secured the Swans a victory by less than a goal.
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Dean Cox
Dean Michael Cox (born 1 August 1981) is a retired Australian rules footballer and the current senior coach of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). After winning the Simpson Medal with East Perth in the 2000 WAFL premiership, Cox debuted in the AFL with the West Coast Eagles in 2001. A ruckman, Cox was named in the All-Australian team six times, including four seasons consecutively from 2005 to 2008. In 2006, he played in West Coast's premiership side and in 2008 he won West Coast's best and fairest award. Cox retired at the end of the 2014 season, finishing his career with 290 games, a club record, and 169 goals.
Cox joined the Swans as an assistant coach in 2017, and succeeded John Longmire as senior men's coach in November 2024.
Cox hails from Dampier, Western Australia, where he played for the Dampier Sharks.[citation needed]
His uncle George Michalczyk, a former Australian rules player himself, recommended Cox to the club he began his senior career with, East Perth.
Cox played colts for East Perth in 1999 and at the end of the season was invited to train with the West Coast Eagles in their pre-season. He impressed enough for him to be rookie-listed in the 2000 Rookie Draft. In 2000, he continued to play for East Perth's senior side in the WAFL, where he won the Simpson Medal in leading the club to the WAFL premiership.
The Eagles put Cox on their senior list and he made his AFL debut in 2001.
He came of age during the 2005 season, where he became a dominant player for the Eagles.
He topped the year off with a terrific finals series, living up to his high standards. Two incidents stand out in particular for Cox – one where in the Qualifying Final against Sydney he took two saving marks in defence to secure the game in the dying moments, where his team got home by less than a goal. The other moment that stands out had the Eagles on the other end, where in the Grand Final three weeks later, also against Sydney, he took a strong mark on the half-forward line and speared the ball in towards a pack in the dying moments. Leo Barry took the game-saving mark from the kick, which secured the Swans a victory by less than a goal.