Dixon Foster
William Dixon Foster (December 24, 1888 – May 6, 1973) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach (1917, 1919), head men's basketball coach (1916–1920) and head baseball coach (1917–1920) at the University of South Carolina.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1888 |
| Died | May 6, 1973 (aged 84) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1905–1908 | Hampden–Sydney |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1910 | Greenbrier Military (WV) |
| 1912–1915 | Porter Military (SC) |
| 1916 | South Carolina (freshmen) |
| 1917 | South Carolina |
| 1919 | South Carolina |
| Basketball | |
| 1916–1920 | South Carolina |
| Baseball | |
| 1917–1920 | South Carolina |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1917 | South Carolina |
| 1919 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–12–1 (college football) 26–31 (college basketball) |
Foster was a graduate of Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | South Carolina | 3–5 | 2–3 | T–9th | |||||
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | South Carolina | 1–7–1 | 0–4–1 | 20th | |||||
| South Carolina: | 4–12–1 | 2–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 4–12–1 | ||||||||
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References
- "Dixon Foster". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Garnet & Black". University of South Carolina. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- A General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden–Sydney College. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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