Chattanooga, TN (SportsNetwork.com) – Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Jim Foster was rewarded with a contract extension Thursday.<\/p>\n
The deal will keep Foster with the Mocs through the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n
Foster’s successful first year in Chattanooga ended with a record of 29-4 and featured an undefeated Southern Conference season, the league title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Mocs were beaten by Syracuse in the first round of the tourney.<\/p>\n
“We were very fortunate to get someone of Jim’s caliber to fill the position,” said athletic director David Blackburn in a statement Thursday. “It was a very attractive job and we had a lot of applicants, but it was really a no-brainer to get him in here and continue UTC’s tradition of excellence in women’s basketball. We look forward to many more quality years with coach Foster.”<\/p>\n
Foster became available last March after he was fired following 11 successful seasons at Ohio State. He also coached Saint Joseph’s from 1978-91 and Vanderbilt from 1991-2002.<\/p>\n
A 2013 women’s basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Foster and C. Vivian Stringer are the only men’s or women’s college basketball coaches with at least 200 wins at three different schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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