Overview
William Dixon Foster was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach, head men's basketball coach (1916–1920) and head baseball coach (1917–1920) at the University of South Carolina.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1888 |
| Died | May 6, 1973 (aged 84) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1905–1908 | Hampden–Sydney |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1910 | Greenbrier Military (WV) |
| 1912–1915 | Porter Military (SC) |
| 1916 | South Carolina (freshmen) |
| 1917 | South Carolina |
| 1919 | South Carolina |
| Basketball | |
| 1916–1920 | South Carolina |
| Baseball | |
| 1917–1920 | South Carolina |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1917 | South Carolina |
| 1919 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–12–1 (college football) 26–31 (college basketball) |
William Dixon Foster (December 24, 1888 – May 6, 1973) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach (1917, 1919), head men's basketball coach (1916–1920) and head baseball coach (1917–1920) at the University of South Carolina.[2]
Foster was a graduate of Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | South Carolina | 3–5 | 2–3 | T–9th | |||||
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | South Carolina | 1–7–1 | 0–4–1 | 20th | |||||
| South Carolina: | 4–12–1 | 2–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 4–12–1 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Dixon Foster". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Garnet & Black". University of South Carolina. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ↑ A General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden–Sydney College. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
