Wyatt Foust - Associate Head Coach - Staff Directory - Murray State University Athletics

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Wyatt Foust

At Murray State

Enters the second season of his second stint at MSU after previously serving as Director of Basketball Operations

Before MSU

Spent one season at Buffalo as the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach in 2022-23
Served at Murray State as the director of basketball operations in 2021-22
Foust spent two seasons at Butler where he led the Bears to a 41-8 record and consecutive Region 6 title game appearances
Succeeded head coach Rechelle Turner at Murray in 2017 and led Tigers to a 60-7 record, back-to-back KHSAA Sweet 16 appearances in 2018 and 2019 and the 2018 "All-A" state championship
In two seasons at Murray and two seasons at Butler, Foust compiled a 101-15 record for a winning percentage of 87.7 while leading the Bears to back-to-back 6^th Region title game appearances
Was named Kentucky Coach of the Year by USA Today and the Lexington Herald-Leader and is a two-time Region Coach of the Year while at Murray
Prior to his time at Murray, spent one season as the boy's assistant at Owensboro Catholic, after spending three seasons as the girl's head coach at Notre Dame Academy
Began his high school coaching career in 2012 as the assistant boy's coach at Greenwood High School, after serving for two seasons as the assistant women's coach at his alma mater, Kentucky Wesleyan

Personal

Graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan in 2012 with a B.S. in biology
Earned Master's Degrees from Western Kentucky in 2014 and Georgetown College in 2019 in recreation & sport management and teaching, respectively
Married and lives in Murray with wife, Jenna, and son, Coy