Bill E. Foster

Alma Mater: 

Elizabethtown (PA)

Class of: 
Hometown: 
Norwood, PA
  • Shared NABC national coach of the year in 1978
  • Directed Duke to a runner-up finish in 1978 NCAA Tournament
  • Guided Rutgers to a third-place finish in 1967 NIT and Utah to a runner-up finish in 1974 NIT
  • Won two ACC Tournament titles (1978 and 1980)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/UPI)--1974 (15/NR), 1978 (7/9), 1979 (11/7) and 1980 (14/16)
  • All-Americans (five): Rutgers' Bob Lloyd (1967), Utah's Mike Sojourner (1974) and Duke's Gene Banks (1979), Mike Gminski (1978 through 1980) and Jim Spanarkel (1978 and 1979).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1960-61

Bloomsburg

17-4

9-3

2nd

PSCC (Eastern)

DNP

1961-62

Bloomsburg

16-3

14-2

2nd

PSCC (Eastern)

DNP

1962-63

Bloomsburg

17-4

11-3

2nd

PSCC (Eastern)

DII (1-1)

1963-64

Rutgers

5-17

DNP

1964-65

Rutgers

12-12

DNP

1965-66

Rutgers

17-7

DNP

1966-67

Rutgers

22-7

NIT (3-1)

1967-68

Rutgers

14-10

DNP

1968-69

Rutgers

21-4

NIT (0-1)

1969-70

Rutgers

13-11

DNP

1970-71

Rutgers

16-7

DNP

1971-72

Utah

13-12

5-9

6th

WAC

DNP

1972-73

Utah

8-19

4-10

T-7th

WAC

DNP

1973-74

Utah

22-8

9-5

T-2nd

WAC

NIT (3-1)

1974-75

Duke

13-13

2-10

T-6th

ACC

DNP

1975-76

Duke

13-14

3-9

7th

ACC

DNP

1976-77

Duke

14-13

2-10

T-6th

ACC

DNP

1977-78

Duke

27-7

8-4

2nd

ACC

NCAA (4-1)

1978-79

Duke

22-8

9-3

T-1st

ACC

NCAA (0-1)

1979-80

Duke

24-9

7-7

T-5th

ACC

NCAA (2-1)

1980-81

South Carolina

17-10

DNP

1981-82

South Carolina

14-15

DNP

1982-83

South Carolina

22-9

NIT (2-1)

1983-84

South Carolina

12-16

5-9

6th

Metro

DNP

1984-85

South Carolina

15-13

6-8

T-4th

Metro

DNP

1985-86

South Carolina

12-16

2-10

7th

Metro

DNP

1986-87

Northwestern

7-21

2-16

T-9th

Big Ten

DNP

1987-88

Northwestern

7-21

2-16

10th

Big Ten

DNP

1988-89

Northwestern

9-19

2-16

10th

Big Ten

DNP

1989-90

Northwestern

9-19

2-16

10th

Big Ten

DNP

1990-91

Northwestern

5-23

0-18

10th

Big Ten

DNP

1991-92

Northwestern

9-19

2-16

10th

Big Ten

DNP

1992-93

Northwestern

8-19

3-15

10th

Big Ten

DNP