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According to multiple media reports, Goshen native Derrick Foster will be joining the coaching staff of the New Orleans Saints.

Foster – who grew up in Goshen and played high school football at Goshen High School – has been the running backs coach for the Los Angeles Chargers for the past three years. During his tenure with the Chargers, running back Austin Ekeler was known as one of the top running backs in the NFL and is versatile much like Saints running back Alvin Kamara.

The New Orleans #Saints are expected to hire Derrick Foster as their new running backs coach, sources tell @247sports.

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Foster worked for the #Chargers the last three years and coached players like Austin Ekeler. Previously worked at Iowa.https://t.co/dJORJ80Uo5 pic.twitter.com/26J8uTCH2p

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) February 14, 2024

Foster earned All-County honors as a running back at Goshen and went on to play receiver at Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. Following his playing days, Foster became a graduate assistant at Valdosta State and Tennessee before becoming running backs coach at Northwestern State in 2013.

Foster coached the receivers at Northwestern State in 2014 and went on to serve as running backs coach and run game coordinator with Samford University. He joined the staff at Iowa as the running backs coach there in 2018, coaching a pair of All-Conference running backs during his time there. In 2021, he joined the staff with the Chargers.