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Robert Maddox (born June 1954) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently retired. Maddox served as the head football coach at Troy State University—now Troy University—from 1988 to 1990, compiling a record of 13–17.

Early career

Maddox was a walk-on defensive back at Auburn University fall 1972 then transferred to Samford University in Birmingham and played one season (73) after which Samford dropped the program. Maddox sit out one season then transferred to Troy State University and played in the '75 and '76 seasons earning 1st Team All-Gulf South Conference Team honors in his senior season. Upon graduation Maddox was an assistant high school football coach at Decatur High School, Alabama for two seasons. He returned to Troy State as an assistant under then head football coach Charlie Bradshaw in March 1979. In 1983, Chan Gailey became head coach at Troy State, and retained Maddox as an assistant coach working with defensive backs. Maddox was part of two national championships while at Troy State ('84 & '87). He was defensive coordinator on the 1987 team under head coach Rick Rhoades. Rhoades departed Troy State and Maddox took over as head coach and served three seasons ('88-'90).

Head coach at Troy State

At Troy State, Maddox inherited a team which the previous season had gone 12–1–1, winning the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Despite this, in 1988, Troy State had its first losing season since 1982, going 4–6. The following season, the team showed little improvement, finishing with an identical 4–6 record. In 1990, Troy State improved slightly to 5–5, but Maddox resigned following a season-ending 24–23 win over Nicholls State.

High school coaching career

Maddox became head coach at Valley High School in Valley, Alabama in 1991, where he immediately led the Rams to the fourth round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association class 5A playoffs and a 12–2 record. For this, he was named the Alabama High School Football Coach of the Year for class 5A. He remained at Valley through the 1997 season, amassing a 62–46 record and four region championships. In 1998, he reentered the college ranks as defensive coordinator at Gardner–Webb University, but returned to Alabama in 2002 as the head football coach at Auburn High School. At Auburn High, Maddox led the Tigers to four consecutive playoff appearances and won the region title in 2005. In 2006, Maddox was named 6-A Coach of the Year by the Alabama High School Coaches Association. After four seasons at Auburn High, Maddox retired from public school to become head football coach at Lee-Scott Academy for 13 seasons. He retired from coaching football in the spring of 2019.

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References

1. cfbdatawarehouse.com, Troy State Yearly Results 1980-1984 Archived 2006-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, 1985-1989 Archived 2006-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, 1990-1994 Archived 2006-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved March 2, 2008; "Colonels lose; Troy coach quits", The Advocate, November 11, 1990.
2. Alabama High School Football Historical Society, Robert Maddox, retrieved March 2, 2008; Alabama High School Football Historical Society, Alabama High School Football Coach of the Year , retrieved March 2, 2008; Bryan Brasher, "Auburn Tigers", Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, August 25, 2002; Lee-Scott Academy, LSA Warrior Football, retrieved March 2, 2008.

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