Carlos Knox got the call in May 2022. Marianne Stanley was out eleven games in, the Fever were 1 — 10, and the franchise needed someone to finish the season. Knox had been on the staff for years as an assistant and player-development coach. He took the bench for the final twenty-seven games.
The team won three of his first nine. Then they lost eighteen in a row to close the season. The record on his line reads 3 — 24. The roster he inherited was a teardown in motion — young, mismatched, and waiting on the next regime. He held the rudder anyway.
The Fever announced in October that Knox would not be retained for 2023. Christie Sides took the permanent job that December. Knox stayed in the building for another year as an assistant, then left for college basketball.
Before the Fever, he was the most prolific scorer in IUPUI history — two-time NCAA scoring champion, three-time All-American, NCAA Division II Player of the Year, jersey retired in Indianapolis. He spent the 1998 — 99 preseason with the Pacers and then played overseas in Croatia, Germany, Venezuela, and Italy. He coached at San Diego State, North Texas, and Cincinnati before the Fever called him home.
He is now an assistant coach at Notre Dame under Niele Ivey, promoted ahead of the 2025 — 26 season after two years as director of player personnel. The Vault keeps him here for the twenty-seven games nobody else wanted.