Pat Foster
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"Pat Foster" is a former basketball head coach. Foster coached NCAA men's basketball at Lamar University, University of Houston, and University of Nevada, Reno.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DC123CF930A15750C0A965958260 SPORTS PEOPLE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Houston Coach Gets Nevada Post - New York Times]

At Houston, he succeeded legendary head coach Guy Lewis. Foster also served as Athletic Director at Lamar from 1983-1984.

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There (in Northern Nevada) you don't have that many (players) coming out of that area so you have to recruit them. At Houston, you would fall into players.

Mike was one of the most amazing basketball players I've ever seen. It's against a coach's nature to be comfortable with a guy shooting the ball from 25 feet. But that's the way it was with him. No telling how many points he'd score in today's game.