Richard Henry Foster (January 24, 1934 – October 23, 2020) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas from 1969 to 1970 and Coffeyville Community College from 1975 to 1988, compiling a career junior college football coaching record of 146–25–2. He led his 1970 Fort Scott Greyhounds football team and 1983 Coffeyville Red Ravens football team to NJCAA National Football Championships.

Foster graduated from William Jewell College in 1954, and later received a master's degree from the University of Missouri. He began his coaching career at Grain Valley High School in Grain Valley, Missouri, where he was an assistant football coach for two seasons. Foster was the head football coach at Platte County High School in Platte City, Missouri from 1957 to 1968, tallying a mark of 84–22–9 in 12 seasons. In between his stints at Fort Scott and Coffeyville, he spent four years at the University of Kansas as freshman coach and director of recruiting under head football coach Don Fambrough. Foster left Coffeyville in 1989 to become the athletic department recruiting coordinator at the University of Oklahoma, reporting to athletic director Donnie Duncan. Foster's on, Skip Foster, succeeded him as head coach of the Red Ravens.

Foster died on October 23, 2020.

Head coaching record

Junior college

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Fort Scott Greyhounds (Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference) (1969–1970)
1969Fort Scott8–25–2T–2nd
1970Fort Scott11–08–01stW Shrine Bowl
Fort Scott:19–213–2
Coffeyville Red Ravens (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1975–1988)
1975Coffeyville11–08–01stW Wool Bowl
1976Coffeyville8–37–11stL Wool Bowl
1977Coffeyville7–35–33rd
1978Coffeyville10–18–01stW Coca-Cola Bowl
1979Coffeyville7–36–2T–1stL Rodeo Bowl
1980Coffeyville9–07–01stW Beef Empire Classic
1981Coffeyville8–1–16–1–12nd
1982Coffeyville10–18–01st
1983Coffeyville11–17–12ndW Kansas Jayhawk Bowl
1984Coffeyville10–27–01stW Kansas Jayhawk Bowl
1985Coffeyville10–26–12ndW Kansas Jayhawk Bowl
1986Coffeyville9–27–01stL Kansas Jayhawk Bowl
1987Coffeyville8–25–12ndW Kansas Jayhawk Bowl
1988Coffeyville9–1–16–01stW Kansas Jayhawk Bowl
Coffeyville:127–23–285–10–1
Total:146–25–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth