himself into position for a high profile job while at South Carolina - he was mentioned as the frontrunning former Dean Smith assistant who would next take over a bigtime program. And then: Coppin State. Fogler took SC into the NCAA tourney as a 2 seed, and lost in the opening round. Devastating, but that couldn't happen again, could it? The following year SC was back as a 3 seed, and was dusted in the opening round again. I think the stress got to Eddie, he looked pale and unhealthy. I tried to help out by sitting right behind Fogler at the UF-SC game that second year and saying COPPIN STATE? every time the crowd quieted down. He never looked at me, but I could see the players ears shrivel every time they heard it.