White County Warriors football head coach David Foster continues to get ready for his first season under the helm.
Foster takes over the position after Curtis Beaty stepped down in the off-season. Foster leads a White County program that went to the state quarterfinal for the first time in program history last season. Foster said when he got the call, his first reaction centered on the kids.
“The great thing about high school sports is you got to learn to work with people that might not be your friend in any other thing,” Foster said. “But you find out when you become a team, when you become a brotherhood, you pull together to achieve something that you couldn’t without that.”
Foster started his coaching career as an assistant across the Upper Cumberland. This season marks Foster’s third year at White County. Foster said he has seen relationships grow during that span.
“I feel like I’ve got some good relationships with a lot of the players and parents and admin,” Foster said. “[I’m] just looking to put in the work.”
Foster said as the kids have bought into him, the Warriors have bonded as well.
“[I] just really wanted to do my best to put these kids in a position to succeed,” Foster said. “It’s about the collective, it always has been for me.”
Foster enters his first year coaching with two of his sons on the Warriors team. Foster will make his head coaching debut August 22 at home against Soddy Daisy.