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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1948-06-12) June 12, 1948 (age 76) Queens, New York, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1967β1970 | North Carolina |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1970β1971 | DeMatha Catholic HS (assistant) |
1971β1986 | North Carolina (assistant) |
1986β1989 | Wichita State |
1989β1993 | Vanderbilt |
1993β2001 | South Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 265β197 |
Tournaments | 2β6 (NCAA Division I) 8β4 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Eddie Fogler (born June 12, 1948) is an American retired college basketball player and coach. He played for the University of North Carolina from 1967ββto 1970 where he played as a point guard on two NCAA Final Four teams. Fogler was an All-City guard at Flushing High School in Flushing, New York.
Backgroundβ»
βI was a pretty good high school player growing up and did pretty well,β said Fogler. βNorth Carolina always had a tradition of looking in New York for players from Coach (Frank) McGuire who passed that down to Coach Smith. βI went to a summer camp in North Carolina before my senior year. I loved it and they felt I might be good enough to help their program. It worked out for me to become a student-athlete at Chapel Hill in 1966β1970. We played freshman ball and my freshman coach was Larry Brown.β As a junior, Fogler was a solid starter at guard and the Tar Heels reached the Final Four again as ACC Champions and ACC Tournament champions finishing with a 27β5 record. North Carolina lost in a semifinals game to Purdue (92β65) who was led by All-American Rick Mount.
After graduating from UNC with a degree in Mathematics, Fogler spent the next year teaching and coaching at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, under prep legend Morgan Wootten. After one year in Hyattsville, "Fogler would return to Chapel Hill as a graduate assistant for two seasons under Smith." He would spend 15 years as a Tar Heel assistant where the "university won eight ACC Championships," five ACC Tournament Titles and made the Final Four four times with a national title in 1982 over Georgetown. Coaching for his mentor Smith was an experience of a lifetime for a young college coach.
Fogler served as an assistant college basketball coach at UNC and then served as the head basketball coach at Wichita State University, Vanderbilt University, and University of South Carolina.
From 1986 to 1989, he served as head coach at Wichita State University where he compiled a 61β32 (.656) record which included two NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT berth for the Shockers.
From 1989 to 1994, Fogler served as the head coach at Vanderbilt where his Commodores compiled an 81β48 record. His 1989β90 team captured the NIT Championship with a 74β72 victory over St. Louis University. His 1992β93 team was ranked as high as #5 in the country and finished 28β6, including 14β2 record in the SEC, a trip to the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen", and he was named National Coach of the Year after winning the SEC championship. In the four years that he coached Vanderbilt, "the Commodores achieved two NIT berths and two NCAA Tournament bids." Fogler's move from Vanderbilt to South Carolina, following the success of the team's 1992β93 season, left many Vanderbilt fans embittered toward the school's Athletic Director, Paul Hoolahan. And his handling of the matter.
From 1994 to 2001, Fogler coached at South Carolina. He coached the Gamecocks to two NCAA Tournament appearances. His best team was the 1996β97 unit, which went 15β1 in conference play to win the school's only outright Southeastern Conference title, while finishing sixth in the final AP Pollβthe highest final ranking in school history. That team, however, was upset by Coppin State in the first round. The Gamecocks were seeded second in the East Regional, their highest-ever seeding in an NCAA Tournament; their defeat at the hands of Coppin State was only the third time a #2 seed had lost in the first round. The following year, the Gamecocks battled back for 23 wins and a 3-seed in the NCAA tournament. But fell again in the first round to 14th-seeded Richmond by a point. South Carolina did not achieve another winning record during his tenure, and he retired after the 2000β01 season, having compiled a 123β117 (.513) overall record at South Carolina in 8 seasons. Commenting after his final game as a head coach, Fogler stated "It is very difficult with college athletics being the way it is today and the pressures. You are darned if you do, darned if you don't," Fogler said. "I'm leaving college basketball with my dignity, my integrity and my sanity."
Fogler now serves as an analyst for Fox Sports Network, guest hosts a one-hour, weekly, NCAA Basketball show on WGFX "104.5 FM The Zone" (sports talk) in Nashville, Tennessee, serves as an advisor to schools seeking new basketball coaches, and resides in Elgin, South Carolina with his wife, Robin, daughter, Emma, and son, Ben.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1986β1989) | |||||||||
1986β87 | Wichita State | 22β11 | 9β5 | 3rd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1987β88 | Wichita State | 20β10 | 11β3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1988β89 | Wichita State | 19β11 | 10β4 | Tβ2nd | NIT Second Round | ||||
Wichita State: | 61β32 | 30β12 | |||||||
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (1989β1993) | |||||||||
1989β90 | Vanderbilt | 21β14 | 7β11 | Tβ8th | NIT Champion | ||||
1990β91 | Vanderbilt | 17β13 | 11β7 | 5th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1991β92 | Vanderbilt | 15β15 | 6β10 | 5th (East) | NIT First Round | ||||
1992β93 | Vanderbilt | 28β6 | 14β2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
Vanderbilt: | 81β48 | 38β30 | |||||||
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southeastern Conference) (1993β2001) | |||||||||
1993β94 | South Carolina | 9β19 | 4β12 | 5th (East) | |||||
1994β95 | South Carolina | 10β17 | 5β11 | 5th (East) | |||||
1995β96 | South Carolina | 19β12 | 8β8 | 3rd (East) | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
1996β97 | South Carolina | 24β8 | 15β1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1997β98 | South Carolina | 23β8 | 11β5 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1998β99 | South Carolina | 8β21 | 3β13 | 6th (East) | |||||
1999β00 | South Carolina | 15β17 | 5β11 | 5th (East) | |||||
2000β01 | South Carolina | 15β15 | 6β10 | 5th (East) | NIT First Round | ||||
South Carolina: | 123β117 | 57β71 | |||||||
Total: | 265β197 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ Eddie Fogler recalls his career, Commodore History Corner Archive January 12, 2011
- ^ The Enemy Within, The Nashville Scene, October 12, 1995
- ^ Sawchik, Travis (5 March 2011). "One on One with Eddie Fogler". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ Fogler's history of helping find coaches, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 17, 2011
Additional sourcesβ»
- Commodore History Corner Archive β Bill Traughber β January 12, 2011
- The Nashville Scene: The Enemy Within β Randy Horick β 10-12-1995
- CBS Sports-Associated Press:UConn Ends Fogler's S.C. Run
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Foglerβs history of helping find coaches β Doug Roberson β March 17, 2011
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