Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Player Engagement and Assistant to the Head Coach
- Email:
- leah.foster@unt.edu
- Alma Mater:
- St. Edward’s University, 2006
Dr. Leah Foster is in her second season as the Director of Player Engagement and Assistant to the Head Coach at UNT. She joined the Mean Green after spending five seasons as the Player Development Coordinator at TCU (2018-23).
In her two seasons in Denton, the Mean Green have found success the program has never seen before. UNT has won 58 games during that time, which included the two winningest seasons in school history. North Texas went 23-9 in the 2023-24 campaign, while clinching a share of the program's first conference title since 1986. The program was able to build off that success and reach 25 wins for the first time in school history during the 2024-25 season. UNT reached national postseason tournaments in back-to-back seasons for just the second time ever.
In her five years with the Horned Frogs, Foster helped the Horned Frogs post a pair of 20+ win seasons as well as an appearance in the WNIT Semifinal in 2018-19.
Before working at TCU, Foster spent three years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Tulsa. The Hurricane advanced to the Quarterfinal of the American Athletic Conference Tournament in all three years with Foster on staff.
Prior to her stint with the Hurricane, Foster served in the same role at Loyola during the 2014-15 campaign and was an assistant coach at Houston for three seasons (2011-14), where she recruited the 22nd-best class in 2012 according to Dan Olson’s Collegiate Girls Basketball Report and the 39th-best class by ESPN HoopGurlz.
Foster also spent three seasons (2008-11) as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College where she helped the Big Green capture the 2009 Ivy League Championship, while posting an 18-11 record and earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Texas State women’s basketball program for two years (2006-08).
A four-year letterwinner at St. Edward’s University (Austin, Texas), an NCAA Division II program, Foster led the Hilltoppers to the 2006 Heartland Conference Championship and was tabbed to the all-conference second team in 2005.
Foster earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature from St. Edward’s University in 2006 and her master’s degree in physical education-sports management from Texas State in 2008. She also earned her Doctorate (Eh. D.) in higher educational leadership from TCU in 2023.
COACHING HISTORY
2025-Present: UNT, Director of Leadership and Engagement
2023-2025: UNT, Director of Player Engagement and Assistant to the Head Coach
2018-23: TCU, Player Development Coordinator
2015-18: Tulsa, Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2014-15: Loyola-Chicago, Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2011-14: Houston, Assistant Coach
2008-11: Dartmouth, Assistant Coach
2006-08: Texas State, Graduate Assistant
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
2002-06: St. Edward’s University
