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
• 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)