Here are a few facts about the new Torquay United manager Paul Cox.
- Born in Nottingham in 1972, Cox started his career at Notts County in 1991 and was given his professional debut by former Gulls' caretaker manager Neil Warnock in the 1991-92 season against Manchester City.
- After playing over 40 matches for the Magpies, Cox left Meadow Lane at the end of the 1994-95 season, when he embarked on the first of two spells with Kettering Town and also appeared for Halifax Town and Hucknall Town.
- Cox embarked on his coaching career in 2003, when he became assistant manager at Eastwood Town and became manager two years later in 2005.
- On taking charge of the Badgers, Cox led the Badgers to two consecutive promotions - in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons - which saw them rise from the Northern Premier League Division One to Conference North.
- After establishing Eastwood in Conference North, he became manager of Mansfield Town in 2011 and - two years later - he guided the Stags to the Conference Premier title in the 2012-13 season.
- As a reward for Mansfield beating Barrow 8-1 in February 2013 - thus bettering their 7-0 victory in the reverse fixture - Stags' Chairman John Radford gave Cox his Aston Martin as a reward.
- In 2014, he was in the opposition dugout to his predecessor as Gulls' manager - Chris Hargreaves - in the penultimate game of the 2013-14 season, which saw Torquay relegated to the Conference for the second time.
- He becomes the third manager to take charge of both Mansfield Town and Torquay United - Dave Smith and Keith Curle are the other two.
