North Central College Cardinals

Luke Foster joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2023 season as a graduate assistant coach working with the Cardinals' offensive unit before being named the quarterbacks coach.

Since Foster has been on staff, Cardinal quarterbacks have set 11 program records, earning seven All-American honors and two national offensive player of the year awards. Luke Lehnen became just the second player in NCAA Division III history to win the Gagliardi Trophy twice in a career (2023 and 2024). Lehnen established new NCAA all-divisions career records for passing efficiency (211.9), touchdowns responsible for (213) and consecutive games with a touchdown pass (59, entire career), while setting a Division III record for total offensive yards (15,985). Garret Wilson set a program record with six passing touchdowns in 2025, while being named the D3football.com Region 5 Offensive Player of the Year. 

Foster came to North Central from the University of Iowa, where he served as a player personnel assistant for the Hawkeyes from 2018-2020 and as an offensive assistant with quarterbacks and running backs from 2020-2022. Foster's responsibilities included practice preparation, video review, scouting/personnel reports, signal calling and on-field coaching. 

Foster graduated from Iowa in December 2022 with a bachelor's degree in sports and recreation management and is pursuing an MBA degree in financial management at North Central.