R Big Ten Building Blocks: Bill Foster Dedication

[Tango Two]

John Zinn and the Rutgers men's basketball alumni association dedicate new coach's office to longtime mentor and friend


As part of the Varsity R Men's Basketball Volunteer Board, Zinn championed a $125,000 campaign to name an assistant coach's office at the burgeoning RJBarnabas Health Performance Center after Coach Bill Foster, the Scarlet Knights' head men's basketball coach from 1963-71. The fundraising movement was powered by members of Foster's 1967 team that made the National Invitational Tournament to mark the program's first appearance in the postseason. Zinn and his wife, Carol, also donated to the general fund supporting the build of the state-of-the-art practice facility.


http://scarletknights.com/news/2018/5/22/r-fund-r-big-ten-building-blocks-bill-foster-memorial.aspx

 

[Rhuarc]

People like these are the unsung heroes of Rutgers sports. Great job to them.

 

[BigRnj]

I attended Bill Foster's Pocono All Star Basketball camp for several summers in the 70's. The camp was run by Bill Foster and Harry Litwack (Temple). Harry sat around smoking cigars while Bill was active and involved. He did a great job and ran a good camp. He brought in great speakers Jim Valvano, Geoff Petrie, Al Lobabo (FDU coach that discovered Manute Bol), Lou Hudson, George Raveling, Hank Slider (shooting instructor), Pete Carril, etc. Hearing Bill Foster's name brought back some great memories of hoops camp.

Side Note - Jim Valvano (Iona coach at the time) walked around games and drills at the camp pulling a stuffed white rat on a skateboard. When he saw a camper killing it on D he would toss them a "Super Rat" t-shirt. He was something else .. His energy was infectious.

 

[Tango Two]

People like these are the unsung heroes of Rutgers sports. Great job to them.

+1

 

[PeteGiam07]

Just curious, do donations like this count towards the R B1G fund or are they separate when it comes to naming rights of locker rooms/offices/spaces etc...?