Joe Foley: Champion Golfer and Coach

Joe Foley (right) shown with his father, Buck at an ASGA Monk Wade Father & Son in the late 1980s, has turned the UALR Women's Basketball Program around in a big way. Normally, you will see a golf blog in this space and in a small way, this is still a golf blog. Joe Foley started at UALR seven years ago and today had the Trojans on the brink of its first NCAA bid losing a 70-68 OT heart-breaker to Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt Finals at the Summit Arena in Hot Springs. Maybe the Trojans impressed the selection committee enough to receive an at-large bid. If not, the Trojans will take their 26-6 record, including 21 straight into the Women's NIT. And if you recognize his father - maybe ole Buck has written you a ticket for speeding as a former Arkansas State Trooper in Harrison and Melbourne - or just because he is the father of quite possibly the best basketball coach ever in Arkansas - men or women! Way to go Joe - you will always be a Champion in my book!