In the mid 1970s Foley was assistant manager, then manager, at
Charlton Athletic. This was followed by a spell as assistant manager at
Millwall, reserve team coach at
Queen's Park Rangers and another spell as assistant manager at Millwall from December 1982 to
George Graham. On 14 May 1986 Foley became assistant manager of
Arsenal when Graham was appointed manager. Graham and Foley's focus was on organised defence and strong running resulting in the club winning a League Cup and Football League Title together. In May 1990 when Graham changed his managerial staff, he appointed
Stewart Houston as his number two. Rather than take the reserve team managers job, Foley left Arsenal to manage
Northampton Town where he remained for two years. In April 1993 he became youth team coach at
Fulham. He was assistant manager at
Southend United from June 1994 until he was dismissed on 10 February 1997. In the summer of 1997, he joined
Leeds United to become a scout under George Graham. In July 1998 he became Reserve Team Coach at
Tottenham Hotspur, linking up with Graham again three months later when the latter became Spurs manager. Foley remained at the club even after the sackings of both Graham and
Stewart Houston in March 2001. However he was made redundant along with several other coaching staff members in July 2003 by
Enic in a cost cutting exercise. He did some scouting for Wolves for a time. After this he went into retirement though he was a matchday host for Charlton and in retirement watched Millwall and Arsenal. ==Author==