| Dean Cox | |||
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 Cox with Sydney in August 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Dean Michael Cox | ||
| Nickname(s) | Coxy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1981 | ||
| Original team(s) | Dampier Sharks | ||
| Draft | 28th overall, 2000 Rookie Draft | ||
| Height | 204 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2014 | West Coast | 290 (169) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008 | Dream Team | 1 (0) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2025– | Sydney | 0 (0–0–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2014 season. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of the 2024 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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). Cox played a 290-game career with the West Coast Eagles. Originally from Dampier, Western Australia, he debuted with East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) in 2000. Cox was recruited to West Coast with the 28th pick in the 2000 Rookie Draft and went on to win the Simpson medal as the best player in the 2000 WAFL grand final before being upgraded to the senior West Coast list. He made his AFL debut during the 2001 season, and played in West Coast's 2006 premiership side. A ruckman, Cox was named in the All-Australian team six times, including four seasons consecutively from 2005 to 2008, and was considered the outstanding player in his position throughout much of his career. He won West Coast's best and fairest award in 2008, and finished in the top three on four other occasions. 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 succceeded John Longmire as senior men's coach in November 2024.
- ^ Coxy Faces tough opponent Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles Football Club. Published 14 May 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.