{{Short description|American football coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Dick Foster | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|1|24}} | birth_place = Nevada, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|23|1934|1|24}} | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = {{Circa|1953}} | player_team1 = William Jewell | player_positions = | coach_years1 = 1955–1956 | coach_team1 = Grain Valley HS (MO) (assistant) | coach_years2 = 1957–1968 | coach_team2 = Platte County HS (MO) | coach_years3 = 1969–1970 | coach_team3 = Fort Scott | coach_years4 = 1971–1974 | coach_team4 = Kansas (freshmen / recruiting) | coach_years5 = 1975–1988 | coach_team5 = Coffeyville | overall_record = 146–25–2 (junior college)<br>84–22–9 (high school) | bowl_record = 9–3 (junior college) | tournament_record = | championships = 2 NJCAA National (1970, 1983)<br>10 KJJCC/KJCCC regular season (1970, 1975–1976, 1978–1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Richard Henry Foster''' (January 24, 1934 – October 23, 2020) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas from 1969 to 1970 and Coffeyville Community College from 1975 to 1988, compiling a career junior college football coaching record of 146–25–2. He led his 1970 Fort Scott Greyhounds football team and 1983 Coffeyville Red Ravens football team to NJCAA National Football Championships.
Foster graduated from William Jewell College in 1954, and later received a master's degree from the University of Missouri. He began his coaching career at Grain Valley High School in Grain Valley, Missouri, where he was an assistant football coach for two seasons. Foster was the head football coach at Platte County High School in Platte City, Missouri from 1957 to 1968, tallying a mark of 84–22–9 in 12 seasons.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Foster Takes Grid Post At Coffeyville |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times/148184744/ |newspaper=Kansas City Times |location=Kansas City, Missouri |date=February 22, 1975 |page=7D |access-date=May 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> In between his stints at Fort Scott and Coffeyville, he spent four years at the University of Kansas as freshman coach and director of recruiting under head football coach Don Fambrough.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ft. Scott coach gets Kansas job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-iola-register/148185333/ |newspaper=The Iola Register |location=Iola, Kansas |agency=Associated Press |date=January 30, 1971 |page=6 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Foster left Coffeyville in 1989 to become the athletic department recruiting coordinator at the University of Oklahoma, reporting to athletic director Donnie Duncan.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Coffeyville CC grid coach hired by OU |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-parsons-sun/148185861/ |newspaper=Parsons Sun |location=Parsons, Kansas |agency=Associated Press |date=June 16, 1989 |page=9 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Foster's on, Skip Foster, succeeded him as head coach of the Red Ravens.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Coffeyville hires coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/150388767/ |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle |location=Wichita, Kansas |date=June 22, 1989 |page=5B |access-date=June 30, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
Foster died on October 23, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foley |first=Ivan |title=Dick Foster, legendary football coach, dies at 86 |url=https://plattecountylandmark.com/2020/10/30/dick-foster-legendary-football-coach-dies-at-86/ |newspaper=The Platte County Landmark |location=Platte City, Missouri |date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2024 }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===Junior college=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Fort Scott Greyhounds | conf = Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference | startyear = 1969 | endyear = 1970 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1969 | name = Fort Scott | overall = 8–2 | conference = 5–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = national | year = 1970 | name = Fort Scott | overall = 11–0 | conference = 8–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Shrine Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Fort Scott | overall = 19–2 | confrecord = 13–2 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Coffeyville Red Ravens | conf = Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference | startyear = 1975 | endyear = 1988 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1975 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 11–0 | conference = 8–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Wool Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1976 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 8–3 | conference = 7–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Wool Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1977 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 7–3 | conference = 5–3 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1978 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 10–1 | conference = 8–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Coca-Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1979 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 7–3 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = Rodeo Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1980 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 9–0 | conference = 7–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Beef Empire Classic | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1981 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 8–1–1 | conference = 6–1–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1982 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 10–1 | conference = 8–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = national | year = 1983 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 11–1 | conference = 7–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = Kansas Jayhawk Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1984 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 10–2 | conference = 7–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Kansas Jayhawk Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1985 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 10–2 | conference = 6–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = Kansas Jayhawk Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1986 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 9–2 | conference = 7–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Kansas Jayhawk Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1987 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 8–2 | conference = 5–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = Kansas Jayhawk Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1988 | name = Coffeyville | overall = 9–1–1 | conference = 6–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Kansas Jayhawk Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Coffeyville | overall = 127–23–2 | confrecord = 85–10–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 146–25–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }} <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Time Football Standings |url=https://www.kjccc.org/sports/Scanned_Records/Scanned_Football/KJCCC_All-Time_Football_Standing_Composite.pdf |publisher=Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |pages=3–4 |access-date=May 27, 2024 }}</ref>
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