He served as the head women's basketball coach at St. Joseph's, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Chattanooga.
While at Vanderbilt, Foster served a one-year term as President of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
[12] Foster was fired by Ohio State at the end of the 2012–2013 season after his team did not make the NCAA tournament.
The game was played on the USS Yorktown, now a National Historic Landmark in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
In 1989 he was the assistant coach of the USA representative at the World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain (now called U19).
[18] In 1990, he was an assistant coach under Theresa Grentz for the USA National team at the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The team, behind the 22 point per game scoring of Teresa Edwards, won all eight contests, with only the win over Cuba decided by single digits.
[22] In 1992, he returned to his role as an assistant under Grentz, when the USA National team went to the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
[23] Foster took over the head coaching duties of the USA Women's Junior World Championship Team in 1993.
The USA team lost to host South Korea, but then won three games to stay in contention for the medal round.
At the end of preliminary play, the USA team, with a 4–1 record, was in a three-way tie for two medal round positions.
The tie-breaking rule was based upon point differential, and the USA team was third behind South Korea and Russia.
[24] In 1997, Foster was named head coach of the USA representative to the World University Games, held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy.
The USA team started out much better, and had a 50–31 margin early in the second half, but Brazil went on a run and cut the lead to seven points with a little over a minute left in the third quarter.
Neither team scored for several minutes into the fourth quarter, but the USA finally out together a run, and won the game 71–55 to win the gold medal.
In his induction speech, he recalled meetings with Pat Summitt when the Hall of Fame was in the formative stages.