Background
Foster, William Edwin was born on August 19, 1929 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Howard M. and Viola Jane (Beaston) Foster.
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William Edwin Foster
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Elizabethtown College, 1954. Master of Education, Temple University, 1957.
Career
Coach, teacher Chichester (Pennsylvania) High School, 1954-1957, Abington (Pennsylvania) High School, 1957-1960. Coach, instructor Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) State College, 1960-1963. Head basketball coach Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963-1971, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1971-1974.
Head basketball coach, assistant athletic director Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1974-1980, University South Carolina, Columbia, 1980-1986. Head basketball coach, interim athletic director Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1986-1993, athletic director, 1993. Associate commissioner Southwest Conference, Dallas, 1993-1996.
Consultant Committee of Big 12 Conference for basketball, 1996-1999. Special assistant to the commissioner Western Athletic Conference, 1999—2005. Chairman of the board Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1997-1998, board trustees.
President National Sports Video Seminars.
Achievements
Membership
Life trustee Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts, since 2010. Served with United States Air Force, 1951-1952. Member National Association Basketball Coaches (past president, named Co-Coach of Year 1978, Sporting News Basketball Coach of Year, 1978, named to Delaware Legends Basketball Hall of Fame, 2010), Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (elected 2003, Man-of-Year National Invitation Tournament).
Connections
Married Shirley Ann Junkin, June 17, 1957. Children: Vicki R. (deceased), Debra Jo, Julia Ann, Mary K.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Named National Coach of Year, Sporting News Playboy Magazine, 1978, South Carolina Coach of Year, 1981, National Invitation Tournament's Man of Year, Metropolitan Coaches Association, 2003, New Jersey Sportwriters Hall of Fame, 2009. Named to Sports Hall Fame Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, Rutgers. University, Hall Fame Delaware County (Pennsylvania), Hall Fame Interboro H.S, 2004, Glen-Nor High School, 2004.Named National Coach of Year, Sporting News Playboy Magazine, 1978, South Carolina Coach of Year, 1981, National Invitation Tournament's Man of Year, Metropolitan Coaches Association, 2003, New Jersey Sportwriters Hall of Fame, 2009. Named to Sports Hall Fame Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, Rutgers. University, Hall Fame Delaware County (Pennsylvania), Hall Fame Interboro H.S, 2004, Glen-Nor High School, 2004.