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

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