Derrick Foster
Running Backs at Dallas Cowboys since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 16
- First season
- 2011
- Teams
- 8
Career
9 stints
- 2011Valdosta StateGraduate Assistant
- 2012TennesseeGraduate Assistant
- 2013Northwestern StateRunning Backs
- 2014–2015Northwestern StateWide Receivers
- 2016–2017SamfordRun Game CoordinatorRunning Backs
- 2018–2020IowaRunning Backs
- 2021–2023Los Angeles ChargersRunning Backs
- 2024New Orleans SaintsRunning Backs
- 2025–presentDallas CowboysRunning Backs
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
8
- 2023Giff SmithCoached under · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2023Brandon StaleyCoached under · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2018–2020Kirk FerentzCoached under · Iowa
- 2016–2017Chris HatcherCoached under · Samford
- 2012Derek DooleyCoached under · Tennessee
- 2012Jim ChaneyCoached under · Tennessee
- 2011David DeanCoached under · Valdosta State
- 2011Doug BelkCoached under · Valdosta State
Succeeded
6
- 2024Joel ThomasSucceeded · New Orleans Saints
- 2021Ladell BettsSucceeded by · Iowa
- 2013Matt PowledgeSucceeded · Northwestern State
- 2013Terry FairSucceeded by · Tennessee
- 2012Brandon StaleySucceeded · Tennessee
- 2012Brandon StaleySucceeded by · Tennessee
Tenure
16 seasons
- Los Angeles ChargersPosition coach · 2021–20233
- IowaPosition coach · 2018–20203
- Northwestern StatePosition coach · 2013–20153
- Dallas CowboysPosition coach · 2025–2026 · current2
- SamfordCoordinator · 2016–20172
- New Orleans SaintsPosition coach · 20241
- TennesseeAnalyst · 20121
- Valdosta StateAnalyst · 20111
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Derrick Foster. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.