Starting his 21st season overall with the HEAT and his 11th in the position of Assistant Coach/Strength & Conditioning, Bill Foran is charged with improving the proper health, strength and overall conditioning of the HEAT players. To achieve these goals, Foran supervises a combination of weight training, plyometrics, stretching and dieting to ensure the players’ maximum results on the court.

Foran joined the HEAT in the club’s first season as a consultant before becoming a full-time staff member a year later as the team’s strength and conditioning coach. Prior to coming to the HEAT, Foran spent four years as the head strength and conditioning coach for the University of Miami. There, Foran helped keep UM’s football players in shape for the championship years of 1987 and 1989. Prior to his tenure at UM, he spent four years in a similar capacity at Washington State University.

A graduate of Central Michigan University, he earned a dual degree in physical education and health education in 1977 and his master’s degree in exercise physiology from Michigan State University in 1981. Foran is the former president and co-founder of the National Basketball Conditioning Coaches Association (NBCCA) and a published author. He is the main author, along with nine other NBA strength and conditioning coaches, of three published books titled “Condition the NBA Way”, “NBA Power Conditioning” and “Complete Conditioning for Basketball”. Foran was also the sole editor of “High Performance Sports Conditioning.”

Foran and his wife, Karen, reside in Davie, their son Eric and daughter Kaylee both attend the University of Florida where Eric is a member of the Gator Track Team.