Mocs Foster retiring after 900 win four decade career
Mocs' Foster retiring after 900-win, four-decade career NCAA.com
Better man than a coach, too. Congrats Jim. — Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) In 1992, Foster became the first and only male to be elected president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and served as the chair of the selection committee for the U19 National Team. From 1989-92, Foster was on the USA Basketball Games Committee, selecting players and staff for various teams including the 1990 World Championship Team and the 1992 Olympic Team. He also served on the USA Basketball Player Selection Committee from 1993-96. He was selected to join the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee in September 2003 for a four-year stint.
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PRESENTED BY CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball head coach Jim Foster is announcing his retirement after 40 years on the bench. Congrats Coach Jim Foster! HOFer announces retirement today. 900 freaking wins... — Jim Horten (@jimhorten) Foster led Chattanooga to four consecutive Southern Conference regular season and SoCon Tournament titles, advancing to the postseason every year. He was named the SoCon Coach of the Year in 2014-15 and earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year in each of his first two seasons. In his fourth year, Foster led Chattanooga to its fifth consecutive SoCon Tournament title, the first school in league history to accomplish the feat. In his five years on the bench, the Mocs have had one SoCon Athlete of the Year, one SoCon Player of the Year, Four Defensive Players of the Year, 16 All-Conference performers, four All-Freshman team selections, four SoCon Tournament MVPs and 15 All-SoCon Tournament picks. MORE: The Mocs earned a Top 25 ranking in both the AP Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Top 25 in the 2014-15 season following wins over No. 4 Tennessee and No. 7 Stanford at the Roundhouse. UTC climbed as high as 17 in the AP Top 25 and 18 in the Coaches Poll. Sure was nice having a Hall of Fame coach in : Best wishes to Jim Foster of , retiring after 40 great years! — David Carroll (@DAVIDCARROLL3) MORE: Team and the 1987 Olympic Festival Teams who each won gold. He served as head coach for the 1993 and 1991 Junior National Teams and was assistant coach for the 1989 World Junior Championships team. Just seeing the news that Jim Foster is retiring. One of the all-timers in the women's game — 900 wins and 30 tournament appearances between St. Joe's, Vandy, Ohio State and UTC. Coaching tree includes Geno Auriemma and Muffet McGraw.Better man than a coach, too. Congrats Jim. — Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) In 1992, Foster became the first and only male to be elected president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and served as the chair of the selection committee for the U19 National Team. From 1989-92, Foster was on the USA Basketball Games Committee, selecting players and staff for various teams including the 1990 World Championship Team and the 1992 Olympic Team. He also served on the USA Basketball Player Selection Committee from 1993-96. He was selected to join the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee in September 2003 for a four-year stint.