Melia Cox

Biography

Melia Cox was hired as an assistant coach for sprints and hurdles and the Bulldogs’ Director of External Operations during the 2025 summer. A Long Beach, Calif., native, Cox spent the 2024-25 academic year at Cal State Fullerton where she also coached the sprinters and hurdlers. Under her tutelage, the Titans went 1-2-3 in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2025 Big West Championships. Cox guided Abel Jordan (native of Spain) to under-23 records in both the 60m (6.54) and 60m hurdles (7.53). Jordan advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60mH, making him the first Cal State Fullerton hurdler to accomplish the feat. In addition, Cox coached Joshua Hornsby to a trip to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 110m hurdles, also a first for the Titans. Cox, who was a 2016 Olympic Trials competitor, competed for USC’s track and field teams from 2011-15 where she competed at three separate NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors in the triple jump, 100m hurdles and 4x100m relay. Caryl Smith Gilbert coached Cox from 2013-16 in L.A. The 11-time Pac-12/MPSF scorer also captured the 2014 Pac-12 outdoor triple jump crown.