RIP Dick Tomey

[nddulac]

Dick Tomey, former Arizona football coach, dies at 80

I will always hold Coach Tomey's work in high regard. I got to see a lot of him while I was teaching at San Jose State University. He inherited a team that was an absolute mess (Lowest APR in the FBS, a lot of crime (including a player after whom a special Fulmer Cup award is named), and very little support from a University that saw its athletic department bleeding money.) Not only did Coach Tomey play a major role in turning things around, he coached the Spartans to the only Bowl win I would see while I was there, by beating the host Lobos (or Loobs, as some fans spelled it) in the ingural New Mexico Bowl.

Naturally, he will be remembered more for taking the Hawaii program from Division II to Division I-A, and for his many successes at the University of Arizona. But one thing is for certain - he will be missed.

 

[Boise4Life]

He always looked like he was about 5,000 years old, even way back in the day. RIP.

 

[ralphiewvu]

That guy had a hella good Wildcats team in 98’.

RIP

 

[Rod Freakin' Dangerfield]

What a Dick!

 

[Texas Jefe]

Hell yeah, RIP coach.

He came to Texas in 2004, after that shitshow of a bowl game agains WSU, with one job: kick some ass. He was only here for a year, but Mack brought him to do what he did, which was to light a fire in their ass.

And that he did, leading to a couple of Rose Bowl victories.

I remember a game, pregame, being in the stands watching the team warmup: the D linemen were down in the end zone, doing what they do, and I could hear him all the way up in the stands- "Get your ass in gear! MOVE! HIT 'EM! GODDAMMIT MOVE YOUR ASS!" ...stuff like that. And the players loved him.

 

[navamind]

That guy had a hella good Wildcats team in 98’.

RIP

1993 too. the 1992 defense held opponents to 9.8 P/G.

 

[navamind]

 

[Rod Freakin' Dangerfield]

The man was a real dick.

 

[RegentDenali]

Parents had season tickets and I grew up going to U of Hawaii games when he was coach. Lots of good memories of those years out at Aloha stadium.
RIP Coach Tomey.