Dick Tomey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Dick Tomey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | San José State | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 17-19 | |
| Born | June 20, 1938 | |
| Place of birth |  Bloomington, Indiana |
|
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 175-129-7 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Awards | ||
| 1981 WAC Coach of the Year 1992 Pac 10 Coach of the Year |
||
| Playing career | ||
| 1957-60 | DePauw | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1977–86 1987–2000 2005–Present |
Hawaii Arizona San José State |
|
Dick Tomey (born June 20, 1938, in Bloomington, Indiana) is a football coach. He is currently the head coach at San Jose State University.
Contents |
[edit] Early positions
The DePauw University graduate and Phi Kappa Psi member held assistant coaching positions at Miami University, Northern Illinois University, Davidson College, the University of Kansas, and UCLA. Prior to accepting the head coaching job at San Jose State in December 2004, Tomey had been the head coach at the University of Hawaii and the University of Arizona. From 1977 to 1986, he 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 has since been passed by June Jones.
In 1987, he 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 the only two 10-win seasons in school history, highlighted by a 12-1 season in 1998, in which they finished 3rd in both major polls--the highest ranking in school history. Unfortunately, the Wildcats were drubbed in the 1999 season opener against Penn State and never recovered; Tomey was fired after the 2000 season. His 95 wins are the most in Wildcats history.
In 2003, he was an assistant defensive coach for the San Francisco 49ers, and in 2004 he helped lead the Texas Longhorns to an 11-1 season and their first-ever Rose Bowl appearance and victory as the assistant head and defensive ends coach.
[edit] 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. However, their attendance remained among the lowest in Division I-A football. 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 being against the 2005 WAC co-champion, University of Nevada. Finally, the Spartans closed out their season with back-to-back wins for the first time since 1997. This 2-game winning streak ended during the 2006 season opener, when they lost to University of Washington.
In 2006, the Spartans finished their regular season 8-4, and participated in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl against the University of New Mexico. San Jose State won the game 20-12 on December 23, 2006 and finished with a 9-4 overall record.
In 2008 he was named first Vice President of the American Football Coaches Association.[1] In AFCA tradition he would move up to the president position in 2009.
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii (Independent) (1977 – 1986) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Hawaii | 5-6-0 | |||||||
| 1978 | Hawaii | 6-5-0 | |||||||
| Hawaii (Western Athletic Conference) (1977 – 1986) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Hawaii | 6-5-0 | 3-4 | T-4th | |||||
| 1980 | Hawaii | 8-3-0 | 4-3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1981 | Hawaii | 9-2-0 | 6-1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1982 | Hawaii | 6-5-0 | 4-4 | 5th | |||||
| 1983 | Hawaii | 5-5-1 | 3-3-1 | 5th | |||||
| 1984 | Hawaii | 7-4-0 | 5-2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1985 | Hawaii | 4-6-2 | 4-3-1 | 4th | |||||
| 1986 | Hawaii | 7-5-0 | 4-4 | T-4th | |||||
| Hawaii: | 63-46-3 | ||||||||
| Arizona (Pacific-10 Conference) (1987 – 2000) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Arizona | 4-4-3 | 2-3-3 | 7th | |||||
| 1988 | Arizona | 7-4-0 | 5-3 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1989 | Arizona | 8-4-0 | 5-3 | T-2nd | W Copper | 25 | |||
| 1990 | Arizona | 7-5-0 | 5-4 | 5th | L Aloha | ||||
| 1991 | Arizona | 4-7-0 | 3-5 | T-6th | |||||
| 1992 | Arizona | 6-5-1 | 4-3-1 | 5th | L John Hancock | ||||
| 1993 | Arizona | 10-2-0 | 6-2 | T-1st | W Fiesta | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1994 | Arizona | 8-4-0 | 6-2 | T-2nd | L Freedom | 20 | |||
| 1995 | Arizona | 6-5-0 | 4-4 | T-5th | |||||
| 1996 | Arizona | 5-6-0 | 3-5 | T-5th | |||||
| 1997 | Arizona | 7-5-0 | 4-4 | T-5th | W Insight.com | ||||
| 1998 | Arizona | 12-1-0 | 7-1 | 2nd | W Holiday | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1999 | Arizona | 6-6-0 | 3-5 | T-6th | |||||
| 2000 | Arizona | 5-6-0 | 3-5 | T-5th | |||||
| Arizona: | 95-64-4 | ||||||||
| San Jose State (Western Athletic Conference) (2005 – present) | |||||||||
| 2005 | San Jose State | 3-8-0 | 2-6 | T-6th | |||||
| 2006 | San Jose State | 9-4-0 | 5-3 | 3rd | W New Mexico | ||||
| 2007 | San Jose State | 5-7-0 | 4-4 | T-4th | |||||
| San Jose State: | 17-19-0 | ||||||||
| Total: | 175-129-7 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Larry Price |
University of Hawaii Head Football Coaches 1977–1986 |
Succeeded by Bob Wagner |
| Preceded by Larry Smith |
University of Arizona Head Football Coaches 1987–2000 |
Succeeded by John Mackovic |
| Preceded by Fitz Hill |
San Jose State Head Football Coaches 2005–current |
Succeeded by incumbent |
[edit] External links
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
