18 Facts About Heather Cox

Heather Cox attended Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, CA, and was a star player on both the basketball and volleyball teams there.

Heather Cox's collegiate athletic career included four years on the University of the Pacific women's volleyball team, serving as team captain on a team that was ranked in the top five nationally from 1988 to 1991, reached the Final Four and was a national championship runner-up in 1990.

Heather Cox graduated from the University of the Pacific with a degree in communications in 1992.

Heather Cox was a member of the United States National Volleyball Team from 1987 to 1995 and competed at the United States Olympic Festival in 1990.

Heather Cox played professional volleyball in the National Volleyball Association as team captain of the Sacramento Stars.

From 1994 to 2016, Heather Cox served as a reporter for ABC Sports and ESPN's coverage of the NBA on ESPN, NBA on ABC, college football on ABC, college football on ESPN, NCAA basketball on ESPN, NCAA basketball on ABC, the WNBA and professional volleyball.

In 2012, Heather Cox was named as Erin Andrews's replacement on ABC's Saturday Night College Football Game of the Week.

Heather Cox began her broadcast career as a basketball analyst for Fox Sports Net in 1993 and covered college football, professional basketball and volleyball during her tenure at Fox Sports Net.

Heather Cox worked as a columnist for the Pac-10 Conference, writing a weekly national volleyball column in 2000.

Heather Cox has worked for CBS Sports, reporting on the men's NCAA basketball tournament, motocross and auto racing, and as an analyst on its women's college basketball coverage.

Heather Cox served as an analyst and reporter for the 1998 and 2001 Goodwill Games for Turner Sports.

Heather Cox served as analyst for Oxygen media network's coverage of the WNBA.

Heather Cox served as a reporter for Olympic qualifying volleyball on the Oxygen media network.

From 2003 until its end, Heather Cox served as a reporter on NBC's AVP pro beach volleyball coverage.

Heather Cox made her NBC Olympic debut reporting from both the volleyball and beach volleyball competitions at the 2004 Athens Games.

Heather Cox returned to NBC Sports for Olympic assignments as beach volleyball reporter in 2008 and 2012.

Heather Cox previously worked the sidelines for Thursday Night Football broadcasts on NBC and NFL Network.

Heather Cox worked alongside Michele Tafoya on NBC's two NFL playoff broadcasts for the 2016 season.