Austin "Skip" Fox enters his sixth season as the Clarkson University Alpine Skiing coach for the 2014-15 season, having led the Golden Knights to some of their best finishes ever at the USCSA National Championships in the last three years. The men's team placed fourth among 19 teams in 2013, while the women came in third among 20 squads in 2012, easily their best mark ever at the USCSA Nationals. The Knights enjoyed their best combined mark ever in 2014, however, as the men took second overall and the women tied for sixth. For the third straight season, Clarkson battled through the tough ECSC MacConnell Division, and qualified for the USCSA Eastern Regionals before advancing to the Nationals. Fox was chosen as the MacConnell Division's Coach of the Year for the second straight season in 2014.
Fox also serves as the department's head of outdoor recreation.
Fox, who previously resided in Dorset, VT, is a graduate of Johnson State College where he received a degree in Business Management. Prior to his new position at Clarkson, Fox won a USCSA National Championship in 2008 with the University of Massachusetts. He served as the head coach for the program from 2006 to 2009.
Outside of his USCSA National Championship (Men’s Team) for UMass, Fox has extensive coaching and administrative experience. He was the head coach and program director for the Mount Ashland Racing Association from 2004 to 2006, spent 11 years with the Stratton Training Center, and also founded Fox Ski Camps in Mount Hood, OR back in 1997, an organization that develops young athletes in ski racing. Additionally, he has been a guest coach for the 2006 US Ski Team Women’s World Cup Speed Team (Pitzal, Austria), the 2005 Europa Cup Team Fall Camp (Beaver Creek, CO), and at the 2003-04 Europa Cup Team Summer Camp (Timberline, Mt. Hood, OR). He was an avid ski racer from 1969 to 1978, racing at Johnston State College, the Stratton Mountain School, The Vermont Academy, and the Rumsey Hall School team.
