More than four decades into his coaching career, University of Arkansas-Little Rock women’s basketball Coach Joe Foley still isn’t comfortable with the celebrity aspect of his job.
No, he doesn’t get remotely the same recognition as either Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer or Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma — the only two active Division I women’s basketball coaches with more career wins than Foley. But he’s plenty well-regarded both among his peers and in the state he’s spent 36 seasons as a head coach.
The Trojans want to make sure that, going forward, anyone who visits their arena knows Foley’s name.