Former Duke Coach Bill Foster Passes Away

[douggie]

Former Duke basketball coach Bill Foster dies at age 86

 

[Golden Spur]

Coached here, too. Classy person, good coach.

 

[douggie]

Coached here, too. Classy person, good coach.

His coaching stints...

1960–1963 Bloomsburg State
1963–1971 Rutgers
1971–1974 Utah
1974–1980 Duke **NABC Coach of the Year 1978**
1980–1986 South Carolina
1986–1993 Northwestern

 

[Hitman Hart]

I believe he took Duke to the Final Four in 1978 and won the 1980 ACC Tournament as an underdog.

from my understanding, the reason he jumped from job to job is because he had more interest in re-building programs than he did of maintaining them over long periods of time.

 

[douggie]

I believe he took Duke to the Final Four in 1978 and won the 1980 ACC Tournament as an underdog.

from my understanding, the reason he jumped from job to job is because he had more interest in re-building programs than he did of maintaining them over long periods of time.

Bill Foster was a nervous nellie. The pressure of rising to number one in the nation and keeping the program at a higher level seemed to be too much for him. He could recruit though. Jim Spanarkel, Mike Gminski, and Gene Banks, were all his guys.

 

[tducey]

RIP to him. Thoughts are with his family at this time.