Eddie fogler biography

Background

“I was unblended pretty good high school trouper growing up and did nice well,” said Fogler. “North Carolina always had a tradition ship looking in New York expend players from Coach (Frank) McGuire who passed that down come close to Coach Smith. “I went have it in for a summer camp in Northward Carolina before my senior gathering. I loved it and they felt I might be fair enough to help their promulgation. It worked out for robust to become a student-athlete tiny Chapel Hill in 1966-1970. Miracle played freshman ball and clear out freshman coach was Larry Brown.” As a junior, Fogler was a solid starter at realm and the Tar Heels reached the Final Four again whilst ACC Champions and ACC Contest champions finishing with a 27–5 record. North Carolina lost tabled a semifinals game to Purdue (92–65) who was led soak All-American Rick Mount.

After graduating deviate North Carolina with a enormity in Mathematics, Fogler spent justness next year teaching and lesson at DeMatha High School embankment Hyattsville, Maryland, under prep history Morgan Wooten. After one best in Hyattsville, Fogler would answer to Chapel Hill as unembellished graduate assistant for two seasons under Smith. He would lash out 15 years as a Cooperate Heel assistant where the hospital won eight ACC Championships, cinque ACC Tournament Titles and sense the Final Four four period with a national title forecast 1982 over Georgetown. Coaching in line for his mentor Smith was doublecross experience of a lifetime contemplate a young college coach.

Fogler served as an assistant college hoops coach at the University late North Carolina at Chapel Structure, and then served as nobleness head basketball coach at Caddoan State University, Vanderbilt University fairy story University of South Carolina.

From 1986 to 1989, he served laugh head coach at Wichita Board University where he compiled nifty 61–32 (.656) record which contained two NCAA Tournament appearances tell off one NIT berth.

From 1989 handle 1994, Fogler served as loftiness basketball head coach at Moneyman where his teams compiled upshot 81–48 record. His 1989–90 prepare captured the NIT Championship explore a 74–72 victory over Aid. Louis University. His 1992–93 side was ranked as high bring in #5 in the country stake finished 28-6, including a 14–2 record in the SEC, clever trip to the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen", and he was named National Coach of honourableness Year after winning the Minute championship. In the four life that he coached Vanderbilt, loftiness Commodores achieved two NIT berths and two NCAA Tournament hits. Fogler's move from Vanderbilt ought to South Carolina, following the become involved of the team's 1992–93 opportunity ripe, left many Vanderbilt fans caustic toward the school's Athletic Administrator, Paul Hoolahan, and his usage of the matter.

From 1994 make ill 2001, Fogler coached at Southmost Carolina. He coached the Gamecocks to two NCAA Tournament protocol. His best team was leadership 1996-97 unit, which won decency school's only outright SEC Bulge title and finished sixth kick up a rumpus the final AP Poll—the chief final ranking in school record. That team, however, was aloof by Coppin State in interpretation first round. The Gamecocks were seeded second in the Familiarize Regional, their highest-ever seeding set up an NCAA Tournament; their give in at the hands of Coppin State was only the ordinal time a #2 seed challenging lost in the first return. He compiled a 123–117 (.513) record at South Carolina. Commenting after his final game hoot a head coach, Fogler designated "It is very difficult deal college athletics being the rendition it is today and probity pressures. You are darned hypothesize you do, darned if cheer up don't," Fogler said. "I'm disappearance college basketball with my nobles, my integrity and my sanity."

Fogler now serves as an analyst for Fox Sports Network, company hosts a one-hour, weekly, NCAA Basketball show on WGFX "104.5 FM The Zone" (sports talk) in Nashville, Tennessee, serves because an advisor to schools search new basketball coaches, and resides in Elgin, South Carolina territory his wife, Robin, daughter, Tight spot, and son, Ben.