×Kenneth Cox

Kenneth Cox has lived in Hoover for 16 years and has been quietly serving in various leadership positions, but now he feels called to step up to a higher level of service and is seeking a spot on the Hoover City Council.

Cox, an athletics administrator who spent 16 years as a track and field coach at Birmingham-Southern College, is one of four candidates for Hoover City Council Place 4 in the Aug. 26 municipal election.

Others are Clint Bircheat, Copeland Johnson and Gene Smith.

Cox said mentors in his life, especially his father, have always impressed upon him that he could either be a part of problems or part of solutions, and he’s always tried to be part of solutions in various coaching, administrative and leadership roles he has had.

“For me, it has always been trying

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