Colorado State TE coach Joe Cox gets married, NFL stars show up

Welcome to life as a DI football coach.

As we continue forward in this, the second hear of the Mike Bobo Era at Colorado State, one has come completely clear: Bobo is sincerely about family and keeping those he loves close to him.

Three weeks ago, Bobo brought Cox on as a full-time coach, the tight ends coach. We had a chance to sit down with the 30-year old and discuss what it meant to move from being a graduate assistant to his current role.

“Me, playing quarterback for Coach Bobo, I was responsible for learning what everybody had to do,” Cox said about not playing tight end but still knowing a bit about the position. “Learned a lot last year, especially from coach (Will) Friend. And really looking forward to putting it all together.”

From 2006-09, Cox played quarterback for Bobo at the University of Georgia. Starting last year, he’s been working for Bobo at Colorado State, and Cox explained what is means to now coach under one of his idols.

“It’s crazy,” Cox said of coaching for Bobo. “My whole time, my whole college career, I was in this position where I never wanted to let down Coach Bobo. Here I am, 30 years old, and I’m still in a spot where I don’t want to let down Coach Bobo. He’s been one of the biggest role models I’ve ever had. And to get an opportunity from him was unbelievable. I want to do everything I can to make him proud.”

Cox is going to go that extra mile to make Bobo proud, you can count on it. Just like you can count on Bobo’s former players sticking by his side.

It doesn’t take much effort to see how his remarkable relationship skills have paid off. There’s Cox, who agreed to a graduate assistant position and patiently waited to move to a positional coaching spot. Similarly, Bobo brought over Will Friend from Georgia, promoting him from the offensive line to offensive coordinator in FoCo.

Then, there’s Faton Bauta, the quarterback who sat buried on the Georgia depth chart but will now have a chance to start this season at CSU. There’s Aaron Murray, now of the Kansas City Chiefs, who tweeted about that signing, helping the program gain recognition, as did NFL running back Todd Gurley.

Can't wait to go see my guys @CoachBobo_CSU and Faton at Fort Collins in the spring. I see Bobo is doing his thing out there

— Aaron Murray (@aaronmurray11) December 19, 2015

Then, on National Signing Day, Hines Ward — former Super Bowl MVP of the Pittsburgh Steelers — tweeted this:

Excited for @CoachBobo_CSU and the future of @CSUFootball Congrats on a great 2016 class #RAMFAM16

— Hines Ward (@mvp86hinesward) February 3, 2016

On Signing Day, we asked Coach Bobo about the importance of embracing social media, to which he responded thusly:

Look, what it all boils down to is this: Mike Bobo is a football celebrity.

Why has he gained such fame and esteem?

First and foremost, he’s a great football coach. One only has to look at the success he enjoyed as the quarterbacks coach and then offensive coordinator at Georgia to see the proof is in the pudding. Of course, Bobo even set a school record at Colorado State last year by pushing his team to win seven regular season games in his first season at the helm.

Second, people trust and seem to truly love Bobo because he’s genuine. His players align with him and stick by his side for years after he’s coached them.

We’ve been saying since the mid-way point of the 2015 season that Bobo is the right coach for CSU; it just keeps coming true.

Now, look at this photo and all the football talent surrounding Bobo:

The boys got back together to watch @Coach_Cox_CSU get married today! Congrats, Coach Cox pic.twitter.com/LW9h1tSlWM

— Coach Mike Bobo (@CoachMikeBobo) March 13, 2016

There’s Matt Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, Tavarres King, Chris Durham, Mohamed Massaquoi and likely a few more. Of course, in the middle is Joe Cox and next to him is Bobo, clearly loving life.

Just as Ram fans are loving their program with him in charge.