Eddie Fogler (born June 12, 1948)
Teams coached: Wichita State Shockers, Vanderbilt Commodores, South Carolina Gamecocks
Wichita State record: 61-32 (.656)
Vanderbilt record: 81-48 (.628)
South Carolina record: 123-117 (.513)
Overall record: 265-197 (.574)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1993)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 1 (1990)
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2001)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1993, 1997)
- Missouri Valley Tournament Champion: 1 (1987)
Awards:
- AP Coach of the Year: 1 (1993)
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (1993)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (1993)
- Henry Iba Award: 1 (1993)
- UPI Coach of the Year: 1 (1993)
- SEC Coach of the Year: 2 (1993, 1997)
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (1987)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1993-2001 | South Carolina |
| 1989-1993 | Vanderbilt |
| 1986-1989 | Wichita State |
| 1971-1986 | North Carolina (asst) |
Eddie Fogler Facts
- Eddie Fogler
- Born June 12, 1948
- Hometown: Queens, New York
- Alma Mater: University of North Carolina (BA, 1970 & MA, 1972)
- Played three seasons for the North Carolina Tar Heels under Hall of Fame head coach Dean Smith
- Played in two NCAA Final Fours (1968, 1969); UNC finished as national runner-up in 1968
- After undergrad, Fogler spent one year as an assistant the famed DeMatha Catholic HS (MD) under legendary head coach Morgan Wooten
- Returned to Chapel Hill in 1971, spending the next fifteen seasons as an assistant coach with the Tar Heels
- Working under Dean Smith, he was part of 13 NCAA Tournaments, four Final Fours and the 1982 NCAA title
- Also on the UNC sideline during the 1981-82 season were future UNC coaches Bill Guthridge and Roy Williams
- Working under Dean Smith, he was part of 13 NCAA Tournaments, four Final Fours and the 1982 NCAA title
- Hired in 1986 to be the head coach at Wichita State, leading the Shockers for three seasons and winning 61 games
- Reached the postseason each of those three years (two NCAA, one NIT)
- Moved on to Vanderbilt in 1989, spending the next four seasons as the Commodores head coach
- Won the 1990 NIT title in his first year and later reached the Sweet Sixteen in his fourth
- Finished his coaching career with an eight-year tenure as the head coach at South Carolina
- Won 123 games, went to two NCAA Tournaments and two NITs, and won the 1997 SEC regular season title
- Retired from coaching in 2001 with 265 victories and eleven postseason berths (5 NCAA, 6 NIT) in his career
- Still resides in South Carolina, where he works in television for Fox Sports and radio for WGFX Nashville
- Also has served as an adviser for colleges during head basketball coaching searches
- Along with his wife, Robin, has one daughter and one son
Eddie Fogler Coaching Tree
- Mike Boynton, Jr. (Oklahoma State)
- Mike Cohen (Wichita State)
- John Cooper (Miami OH, Tennessee State)
- Larry Davis (Mars Hill)
- Neil Dougherty (TCU)
- Rick Duckett (Grambling State, Winston-Salem State, Fayetteville State)
- Lew Hill (UTRGV)
- Jeff Lebo (East Carolina, Auburn, Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech)
- Barclay Radebaugh (Charleston Southern, Queens NC)
