EL PASO – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden announced the hiring of Aaron Foster, the Miners' new safeties coach and passing game coordinator on Friday.
Foster comes to the Sun City after serving as Walden's cornerbacks coach/pass game coordinator at Austin Peay in 2023. The Governors finished 9-3 overall and 6-0 in United Athletic Conference action, while claiming a UAC Championship and a FCS playoff bid.
"Coach Foster is one of the best technicians I have been around. He has a great teaching progression for his DBs and has great knowledge of the game due to his background," Walden said. "He was a standout CB at Bowling Green and played with that fearless attitude he coaches with. When you see him throw his thumbs down you know the 'Orange Swarm' secondary just made a big-time play! WE ARE PUMPED to have coach Foster and his family here in El Paso!"
Redshirt sophomore CB Jevon Mclver Jr. ranked 12th in FCS and led the UAC with 13 total passes defended (12 breakups) during the 2023 season. The Governors' defense was all the over ball, as it amassed 63 pass breakups. Redshirt senior CB Cedarius Doss was also named to the all-conference second team after leading APU and ranking second in the UAC with three interceptions. Doss rated fifth in the UAC with 10 total passes defended.
Before his season in Clarksville, Tenn., Foster spent two campaigns at Lenoir-Rhyne. He served as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Bears, who ranked fifth at the NCAA Division II level in passing efficiency defense in 2021 (95.3) and ninth in 2022 (100.2). During his time in Hickory, N.C., Foster also helped the Bears place 16th in DII in scoring defense (16.4 ppg) in 2021 and 21st in total defense (278.0 ypg) in 2022.
Prior to Lenoir-Rhyne, Foster was the defensive backs coach and video coordinator at Colgate, and a special teams/recruiting assistant at Wake Forest. In 2017, Colgate led the Patriot League and ranked seventh nationally with 16 interceptions.
Foster played collegiately at Bowling Green, where he appeared in 67 games over four seasons and helped the Falcons win the 2013 Mid-American Conference Championship. He started 14 games as a senior when the Falcons went 10-4 and won the MAC title over Northern Illinois.
Foster also played professionally for the Tri-Cities Fever of the Indoor Football League after being invited to the Dallas Cowboys' minicamp in 2014.
Foster received his Bachelor of Healthcare Administration from Bowling Green State University in December 2014.
Foster comes to the Sun City with his wife, Julie.
FOSTER'S COACHING CAREER
2023 – Austin Peay (pass game coordinator/cornerbacks coach)
2020-23 – Lenoir-Rhyne (co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach)
2017-20 – Colgate (defensive backs coach/video coordinator)
2015-17 – Wake Forest (special teams coach/recruiting assistant)
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