UNC's Fox named Coach of the Year

North Carolina baseball coach Mike Fox, who led the Tar Heels to their third straight trip to the College World Series earlier this month, is Baseball America's National Coach of the Year.

Fox is the first UNC baseball coach to receive national honors, according a news release from the school. The Tar Heels finished 54-14 this season, and eventual national champion Fresno State ousted Carolina from the CWS.

UNC has won 11 CWS games over the last three years; Fox is one of only six men to play in Omaha (with the Tar Heels' 1978 team), then coach there.