Dick Tomey

Dick Tomey

Tomey (right) with Bill Walsh
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Associate athletic director for sports administration
Team South Florida
Conference The American
Biographical details
Born (1938-06-20) June 20, 1938
Bloomington, Indiana
Playing career
1957–1960 DePauw
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1962–1963 Miami (OH) (GA/freshmen)
1964 Northern Illinois (freshmen)
1965–1966 Davidson (DB)
1967–1970 Kansas (DB)
1971–1973 UCLA (OL/DB)
1974–1975 UCLA (DB)
1976 UCLA (DC)
1977–1986 Hawaii
1987–2000 Arizona
2003 San Francisco 49ers (assistant)
2004 Texas (AHC/DE)
2005–2009 San Jose State
2011 Hawaii (ST)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2015–present South Florida (assoc. AD)
Head coaching record
Overall 183–145–7
Bowls 5–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Pac-10 (1993)
Awards
WAC Coach of the Year (1981)
Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1992)

Richard Hastings Tomey (born June 20, 1938) is an American football coach and former player. Tomey has served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii (1977–1986), University of Arizona (1987–2000), and San Jose State University (2005–2009), compiling a career college football record of 183–145–7. His last full-time coaching position was as the special teams coach at UH in 2011 under head coach Greg McMackin, who resigned after the season. Tomey was not retained by McMackin's successor, Norm Chow. Tomey served as a head coach of the victorious West team in the Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game on January 11, 2013 at Kino Stadium in Arizona.

Coaching career

Early positions

Tomey is a graduate of DePauw University and member of Phi Kappa Psi. He began his college football coaching career as graduate assistant and freshman coach at Miami University under John Pont in 1962, then under Bo Schembechler in 1963. In 1964, Tomey became freshman coach at Northern Illinois under Howard Fletcher. From 1965 to 1966, Tomey coached defensive backs at Davidson College under Homer Smith. He then coached the same position at Kansas from 1967 to 1970 under Pepper Rodgers, then followed Rodgers to UCLA in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, Tomey was both offensive line and defensive backs coach under Rodgers.[1][2] When Dick Vermeil became head coach in 1974, Tomey coached only the defensive backs. In 1976, new UCLA head coach Terry Donahue promoted Tomey to defensive coordinator.[1][2][3][4] During Tomey's time as assistant, UCLA won the 1976 Rose Bowl following the 1975 season.

Hawaii (head coach)

From 1977 to 1986, Tomey led his teams at Hawaii to their first in season top-20 Associated Press ranking in 1981, and their first AP first-team All-American player, Al Noga. In 1981, Tomey also earned Western Athletic Conference "Coach of the Year" honors. He left as the winningest coach in Hawaii history, but was passed by June Jones during the 2006 season.

Arizona

In 1987, Tomey became head coach at Arizona, earning Pac-10 "Coach of the Year" honors in 1992. During his tenure, he coached five future NFL first-round draft choices, 20 All-Americans, and 43 Pac-10 first team players. His best teams were in the mid-1990s, highlighted by a tenacious "Desert Swarm" defense. He led Arizona to two of three ten-win seasons in school history, highlighted by a 12–1 campaign in 1998, in which they finished fourth in both major polls, the highest ranking in school history. Unfortunately, the Wildcats were drubbed in the 1999 season opener against Penn State and won just six games that year; Tomey resigned after the 2000 season.[5] His 95 wins are the most in Wildcats history.

San Francisco 49ers and Texas

In 2003, he was an assistant defensive coach for the San Francisco 49ers specializing in the nickel defense.[6] In 2004 he helped lead the Texas Longhorns to an 11–1 season and victory in their first-ever Rose Bowl as assistant head coach and defensive ends coach.

San Jose State

In 2005, he became head coach at San Jose State University. Despite a 3–8 record in his inaugural season, the Spartans posted a 3–2 record at home, their first winning record since the 2000 season, although one of these wins came against a Division I-AA team. Also, the Spartans were the Division I-A leader in improved attendance. They were one of 11 teams to allow 100 fewer points from the previous year. Three of their losses were by only one touchdown and one of those came against the 2005 WAC co-champion, Nevada. Finally, the Spartans closed out their season with back-to-back wins for the first time since 1997. This two-game winning streak ended during the 2006 season opener, when they lost to Washington.

In 2006, the Spartans finished their regular season 8–4, and participated in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl against New Mexico. San Jose State won the game 20–12 on December 23, 2006 and finished with a 9–4 overall record.

In 2009, he was named President of the American Football Coaches Association.[7] On November 16, 2009, Tomey announced he would be retiring at season's end.[8] Tomey finished his final season as the Spartans head coach with a 2–10 record in 2009, bringing his head coaching record to 25–35 at San Jose State and 183–145–7 overall in college football.

Hawaii (special teams)

Tomey returned to Hawaii to be special teams coach under Greg McMackin for the 2011 season.[9]

Broadcasting career

Tomey, c. 1972

As of September 9, 2010, the WAC Sports Network—the Western Athletic Conference and its multimedia rights partner, Learfield Sports—appointed seven members to the WSN broadcast team, one of which was Tomey as a color commentator for the network.

Administrative career

In February 2015, Tomey joined the University of South Florida as associate athletic director for sports administration.[10] Tomey left his position in April 2016.[11]

Family

Tomey's wife, Nanci Kincaid, is a contemporary fiction author. Her latest book title, Eat, Drink and Be From Mississippi, is a January 2009 Little, Brown and Company publication that received strong, favorable reviews from Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Tomey and Kincaid are the parents of four adult children and grandparents of five.[12]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (NCAA Division I/I-A independent) (1977–1978)
1977 Hawaii 5–6
1978 Hawaii 6–5
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (Western Athletic Conference) (1979–1986)
1979 Hawaii 6–5 3–4 T–4th
1980 Hawaii 8–3 4–3 3rd
1981 Hawaii 9–2 6–1 2nd
1982 Hawaii 6–5 4–4 5th
1983 Hawaii 5–5–1 3–3–1 5th
1984 Hawaii 7–4 5–2 2nd
1985 Hawaii 4–6–2 4–3–1 4th
1986 Hawaii 7–5 4–4 T–4th
Hawaii: 63–46–3 33–24–2
Arizona Wildcats (Pacific-10 Conference) (1987–2000)
1987 Arizona 4–4–3 2–3–3 7th
1988 Arizona 7–4 5–3 T–3rd
1989 Arizona 8–4 5–3 T–2nd W Copper 25
1990 Arizona 7–5 5–4 5th L Aloha
1991 Arizona 4–7 3–5 T–6th
1992 Arizona 6–5–1 4–3–1 5th L John Hancock†
1993 Arizona 10–2 6–2 T–1st W Fiesta† 9 10
1994 Arizona 8–4 6–2 T–2nd L Freedom 20
1995 Arizona 6–5 4–4 T–5th
1996 Arizona 5–6 3–5 T–5th
1997 Arizona 7–5 4–4 T–5th W Insight.com
1998 Arizona 12–1 7–1 2nd W Holiday 4 4
1999 Arizona 6–6 3–5 T–6th
2000 Arizona 5–6 3–5 T–5th
Arizona: 95–64–4 60–49–4
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference) (2005–2009)
2005 San Jose State 3–8 2–6 T–6th
2006 San Jose State 9–4 5–3 3rd W New Mexico
2007 San Jose State 5–7 4–4 T–4th
2008 San Jose State 6–6 4–4 T–5th
2009 San Jose State 2–10 1–7 T–8th
San Jose State: 25–35 16–24
Total: 183–145–7
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dick Tomey". Arizona Wildcats. Archived from the original on April 17, 1999. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, p. 90.
  3. ↑ Dodds, Tracy (September 24, 1987). "Both a Friend and a Foe: Arizona's Dick Tomey Belongs to Same Coaching Fraternity as UCLA's Terry Donahue". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hodges, Jim (October 22, 1994). "A Fierce Game Between Friends". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Finley, Ryan (November 27, 2000). "Loss to ASU end of line for Tomey". Arizona Daily Wildcat.
  6. ↑ "Dick Tomey". San Francisco 49ers. Archived from the original on December 9, 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ SJSU's Tomey is named president of American Football Coaches Association - Associated Press - January 13, 2009
  8. ↑ Tomey retiring at end of season - Associated Press - November 16, 2009
  9. ↑ "Dick Tomey". University of South Florida. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ Knight, Joey. "Ex-Arizona coach Dick Tomey joins USF athletic department". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  11. ↑ Hansen, Greg (April 30, 2016). "Tomeys back in Tucson following stint at South Florida". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Dick Tomey: Page 3". San Jose State. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
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