{"id":4844,"date":"2022-04-04T14:44:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T19:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2022-04-04T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T19:44:23","slug":"welcome-to-the-valley-coach-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/welcome-to-the-valley-coach-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Valley Coach Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coach.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4845\" width=\"874\" height=\"1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coach.png 468w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Coach-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo via Chasse Conque\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChasseConque\/status\/1504947775695425543?cxt=HHwWjsC4_eiB0-IpAAAA\">Twitter<\/a><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Amira-2-.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The UTRGV athletics department welcomes Mark Foster as the new women\u2019s soccer head coach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a call with his former colleague at Little Rocks and a visit to UTRGV, Coach Mark Foster accepted Vice President and Director of Athletics <a href=\"https:\/\/goutrgv.com\/staff-directory\/chasse-conque\/622\">Chasse Conque&#8217;s<\/a> offer to become the new head coach of the women\u2019s soccer team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foster is from Newcastle, Ireland, and played for the Kilmore Recreation Football Club in the Irish Premier Football League. As both a coach and a player, Foster has an impressive record of accomplishments; he guided the program to three Sun Belt Conference Tournament appearances (2018, 2020, and 2021), the program\u2019s first-ever Sun Belt Tournament Championship (2018), the program\u2019s first-ever NCAA Tournament (2018) appearance, and a single-season program record 13 wins (2018), including multiple championships and record-breaking performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the day Foster arrived at the Valley, he had expectations and plans already in process for the team. As he said,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f27508\"><strong>\u201cWe got to compete, the investment that the school is making in athletics direction and Dr. Bailey we got to start finding a way to have championships, that\u2019s our goal and it\u2019s a lot of work but the potential is here\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foster Accepted the offer last Thursday, drove to the Valley on Sunday, and met the players on Monday. 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