| Wins against Kentucky - 0 | Losses against Kentucky - 2 |
Alma Mater: Southwestern [1923]
Hometown: Muldoon, TX
Date Born: March 14, 1900
Date Died: December 18, 1971
Overall Record: 75-58 [7 Seasons]
| Date | Matchup | UK Result | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/5/1948 | Kentucky at Miami (OH) | W | 67 - 53 | - |
| 12/16/1946 | Miami (OH) at Kentucky | W | 62 - 49 | - |
Obituary - Hamilton (OH) Journal News (December 21, 1971)
Blue Foster, Former MU Coach Dies
Funeral services for William J. (Blue) Foster, 71, Miami University basketball and baseball coach 1942-49, will be held in Phoenix Ariz., where he died in his sleep at his home Saturday night.
Services will be held Thursday 11 a.m. at the A.L. Moore and Sons Funeral Home in Phoenix.
Foster had continued active as an associate broker with the Russ Lyon Realty Co. at Phoenix. Staff members said he had appeared in excellent health Friday and apparently died of a heart attack. He had attended a reunion of his 1946 - 49 teams at Hamilton and Oxford in connection with Miami Homecoming last October.
Foster introduced fast-break, high-scoring basketball, at Miami and was the first Miami coach to post five consecutive winning seasons in that sport. Over the seven years his teams won 75 of 133 games in basketball, and 61 of 90 in baseball. He also helped with Miami football teams coached by Stu Holcomb and Sid Gillman.
Native of Muldoon, Tex., Foster was graduated in 1923 from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex., where he lettered in four sports, was baseball captain and set conference records in the 220 and the javelin. He attended the University of Illinois coaching school and received a master's degree, from Columbia University.
Foster's 192? Harrisburg High School team was rated among the best in the state. At Newport, his teams won state football championships in 1933, 1936 and 1940; state baseball championships in 1940 and 1941; in basketball they won six district titles, five regional titles and twice they were tournament finalists. He was a former president of the Kentucky State High School Coaches Association.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Joan Koenig, Casa Grande, Ariz., and Mrs. Nancy Lee, Wohlgemuth, Boulder, Colo. His wife, Mrs. Adria Foster, who taught in the schools of this area, died at Phoenix several months ago after a long illness.
