"We were very fortunate to have an extremely talented candidate pool which speaks to the quality of our program. "Coach Foster shares our vision for an elite Division II men's basketball program and I am confident that he has the skills and experience to continue the tradition of excellence that has existed at Drury for decades and set at a national championship level by coach Steve Hesser. "I am very excited that Chris Foster will be the next head men's basketball coach of the Drury Panthers," said Corey Bray. While at Truman State, Foster recruited and signed four-time All-GLVC selection Brodric Thomas, who began this season in the NBA with the Houston Rockets, and is currently on the Cleveland Cavaliers roster. His team reached the NCAA-II tournament in 20, and their 2017 trip was their first national tourney berth in 11 years.
The Bulldogs were ranked as high as number two in the nation this year and are playing in the Elite Eight this week in Evansville, Indiana.įoster spent four seasons as Truman State's head coach putting together a record of 83-40. 500 season at the NCAA-II level as the Bearcats went 15-13 and 10-10 in the conference.īefore his stint at McKendree, Foster was the head coach at Truman State, also a GLVC member, where he not only turned a program around, he laid the foundation for a squad that has been one the best teams in Division II during the last few seasons. In 2019-20, Foster put together the program's first-ever above. This season, he guided the Bearcats to their best finish ever in the GLVC as McKendree went 10-8 in the conference and ended the year in fourth place overall. Bray made the announcement on Tuesday two weeks after the previous head coach, Steve Hesser, announced his retirement after 17 seasons leading the team.įoster arrives from McKendree University, where he led the fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference program for three years. In the fourth quarter the USA exploded for 34 points to pull out to a large lead, and won the gold-medal with a score of 82–63.SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- Chris Foster has been named as the next head coach of the Drury University men's basketball program by Vice President and Director of Athletics, Corey Bray. The first three quarters the game were quite close with four ties and four lead changes. The team won all six games, including the championship game against Canada. Warren was selected to be the assistant coach of the USA representative to the World University Games held in Seoul, South Korea July 5–13, 2015. On January 22, 2021, Warren recorded her 250th Northern Iowa career win with a victory over Indiana State. She reached her 184th career win with a victory over Missouri State. On March 4, 2017, Warren became the all-time wins leader in Northern Iowa women's basketball history. Northern Iowa later became runner-up in the 2012 WBI and made the WNIT in 20. Warren led Northern Iowa to consecutive MVC Tournament titles in 20, both of which led to automatic qualification for the NCAA Tournament.
In April 2007, Warren returned to Northern Iowa, this time as head coach. Warren then was an assistant at Missouri from 2001 to 2004 under Cindy Stein and at Creighton from 2004 to 2007 under Jim Flanery. įrom 1995 to 2001, Warren was an assistant coach at Northern Iowa under Tony DiCecco. Two years later, Warren moved up to the collegiate ranks as an assistant coach at Iowa State. In 1992, Warren became head basketball coach at the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, a girls' Catholic school in Omaha. Creighton statistics Īfter graduating from Creighton, Warren remained in Omaha to be girls' basketball head coach at Boys Town High School. Warren averaged 14.6 points and 3.0 rebounds as a sophomore, 18.7 points and 3.8 rebounds as a junior, and 19.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 7.8 rebounds as a senior in a season where she only played 10 games. Warren averaged 13.9 points and 3.2 rebounds as a redshirt freshman in 1984–85. At Creighton, among Warren's teammates was Connie Yori, who would later coach at Nebraska. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Warren graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1983, then played basketball at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska from 1984 to 1988 at guard, after redshirting her freshman year.