Bill Foster, 79, who guided Clemson to the Elite Eight of the 1980 NCAA Tournament in the school’s first NCAA invitation, passed away on Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C. after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
The native of Hemingway, S.C. is the only coach to serve as the head coach of three current Atlantic Coast Conference institutions (Clemson, Miami and Virginia Tech) and is one of the few coaches in NCAA history to have multiple 20-win seasons at four different schools.
Born on April 1, 1936, Foster was a head coach at the college level for 30 years at five institutions, and compiled a record of 532-325.