[1] 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.

From 1986 to 1989, he served as head coach at Wichita State University where he compiled a 61–32 (.656) record which included two NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT berth for the Shockers.

In the four years that he coached Vanderbilt, the Commodores achieved two NIT berths and two NCAA Tournament bids.

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.

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.

"[3] 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,[4] and resides in Elgin, South Carolina with his wife, Robin, daughter, Emma, and son, Ben.