Texas Disability History Collection

Pam Fox is originally from the Dallas area and has lived in Texas her entire life. In 1970, she traveled from Dallas to Lubbock to attend Texas Tech University. While at Texas Tech University, Fox pursued a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, with a minor in Biology. She was also a student athlete, and the sports she participated in were basketball and track. Upon graduation in 1974, Fox migrated back to the Dallas area and began her career as an educator. She has since taught for 38 years in various private, Catholic schools in the Dallas area. She recently accepted, in the last 4 years, a teaching position at an area public school.

For more than the past 30 years, Fox has served as a wheelchair basketball official. She has refereed countless wheelchair basketball games. Because of her role as an official, she has been fortunate to get to travel around the United States. She is a 2013 National Wheelchair Basketball Association Hall of Famer. She is one of the first, if not the first, female official in the sport.