Pat Foster

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Pat Foster

Biographical details
Born	(1939-06-22) June 22, 1939 Emerson, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
1958–1961	Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1980	Arkansas (assistant)
1980–1986	Lamar
1986–1993	Houston
1993–1999	Nevada
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1983–1985	Lamar
Head coaching record
Overall	366–203 (.643)
Tournaments	2–5 (NCAA Division I) 4–8 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Southland regular season (1981, 1983, 1984) 2 Southland tournament (1981, 1983) SWC regular season (1992) SWC tournament (1992) Big West regular season (1997)
Awards
Southland Coach of the Year (1984) SWC Coach of the Year (1992)

Pat Foster (born June 22, 1939) is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Lamar University (1980–1986), University of Houston (1986–1993), and the University of Nevada, Reno (1993–1999), compiling a career record of 366–203. At Houston, he succeeded Guy Lewis. Foster also served as athletic director at Lamar from 1983 to 1985.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Lamar Cardinals (Southland Conference) (1980–1986)
1980–81	Lamar	25–5	8–2	1st	NCAA Division I second round
1981–82	Lamar	22–7	7–3	2nd	NIT first round
1982–83	Lamar	23–8	9–3	1st	NCAA Division I second round
1983–84	Lamar	26–5	11–1	1st	NIT second round
1984–85	Lamar	20–12	8–4	3rd	NIT second round
1985–86	Lamar	18–12	6–6	T–4th	NIT first round
Lamar:		134–49 (.732)	49–19 (.721)
Houston Cougars (Southwest Conference) (1986–1993)
1986–87	Houston	18–12	9–7	T–3rd	NCAA Division I first round
1987–88	Houston	18–13	10–6	T–4th	NIT second round
1988–89	Houston	17–14	8–8	T–4th
1989–90	Houston	25–8	13–3	2nd	NCAA Division I first round
1990–91	Houston	18–11	10–6	3rd	NIT first round
1991–92	Houston	25–6	11–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I first round
1992–93	Houston	21–9	9–5	3rd	NIT first round
Houston:		142–73 (.660)	70–38 (.648)
Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference) (1993–1999)
1993–94	Nevada	11–17	6–12	T–8th
1994–95	Nevada	18–11	12–6	4th
1995–96	Nevada	16–13	9–9	5th
1996–97	Nevada	21–10	12–4	T–1st (East)	NIT second round
1997–98	Nevada	16–12	11–5	2nd
1998–99	Nevada	8–18	4–12	5th
Nevada:		90–81 (.526)	54–48 (.529)
Total:		366–203 (.643)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion