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Dick Tomey 
Tomey (right) with Bill Walsh Sport(s) Football Current position Title Special teams coach Team Hawaii Conference WAC Biographical details Born June 20, 1938 Place of birth Bloomington, Indiana Playing career 1957–1960 DePauw Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1962–1963
1964
1965–1966
1967–1970
1971–1976
1977–1986
1987–2000
2003
2004
2005–2009
2011–presentMiami (OH) (GA)
Northern Illinois (assistant)
Davidson (assistant)
Kansas (assistant)
UCLA (assistant)
Hawaii
Arizona
San Francisco 49ers (assistant)
Texas (assistant HC)
San Jose State
Hawaii (ST)Head coaching record Overall 183–145–7 Bowls 5–3 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 Pac-10 (1993) Awards WAC Coach of the Year (1981)
Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1992)Dick Tomey (born June 20, 1938) is a American football coach and former player. He is currently the special teams coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a position he assumed in February 2011. Tomey has served as the head football coach at Hawaii (1977–1986), the University of Arizona (1987–2000), and San Jose State University (2005–2009), compiling a career college football record of 183–145–7.
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Coaching career
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.
Hawaii
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.
Arizona
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 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 never recovered; Tomey resigned after the 2000 season.[1] 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, 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 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. 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 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.[2] On November 16, 2009, Tomey announced he would be retiring at season's end.[3] 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.
Broadcasting career
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.
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.[4]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (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 #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.References
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Hawaiʻi Warriors head football coaches Austin Jones (1909–1911) • No team (1912–1914) • John Peden (1915) • William Britton (1916) • Dave Crawford (1917–1919) • Raymond Elliot (1920) • Otto Klum (1921–1939) • Eugene Gill (1940) • Eugene Gill & Tom Kaulukukui (1941) • No team (1942–1945) • Tom Kaulukukui (1946–1950) • Archie Kodros (1951) • Hank Vasconcellos (1952–1960) • Jim Asato (1962–1964) • Clark Shaughnessy (1965) • Phil Sarboe (1966) • Don King (1967) • Dave Holmes (1968–1973) • Larry Price (1974–1976) • Dick Tomey (1977–1986) • Bob Wagner (1987–1995) • Fred von Appen (1996–1998) • June Jones (1999–2007) • Greg McMackin (2008– )
Arizona Wildcats head football coaches Stuart Forbes (1899) • William W. Skinner (1900–1901) • Leslie Gillette (1902) • No team (1903) • Orin A. Kates (1904) • William M. Ruthrauff (1905) • No team (1906–1907) • H. B. Galbraith (1908–1909) • George F. Shipp (1910–1911) • Raymond L. Quigley (1912) • Frank A. King (1913) • Pop McKale (1914–1917) • No team (1918) • Pop McKale (1919–1930) • Fred Enke (1931) • August W. Farwick (1932) • Tex Oliver (1933–1937) • Orian Landreth (1938) • Miles W. Casteel (1939–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Miles W. Casteel (1945–1948) • Robert Winslow (1949–1951) • Warren B. Woodson (1952–1956) • Ed Doherty (1957–1958) • Jim LaRue (1959–1966) • Darrell Mudra (1967–1968) • Bob Weber (1969–1972) • Jim Young (1973–1976) • Tony Mason (1977–1979) • Larry Smith (1980–1986) • Dick Tomey (1987–2000) • John Mackovic (2001–2003) • Mike Hankwitz # (2003) • Mike Stoops (2004–2011) • Tim Kish # (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.San Jose State Spartans head football coaches Unknown (1892) • J. E. Addicott (1893) • No team (1894) • J. E. Addicott (1895) • No team (1896–1897) • Thad McKay (1898) • Jess Woods (1899) • J. E. Addicott, Whitemeger & Fielding H. Yost (1900) • No team (1901–1920) • David Wooster (1921–1922) • Hovey C. McDonald (1923) • E. R. Knollin (1924–1928) • Walter C. Crawford (1929–1931) • Dudley DeGroot (1932–1939) • Ben H. Winlkeman (1940–1941) • Glenn Hartranft (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Glenn Hartranft (1946) • Wilbur V. Hubbard (1947–1949) • Robert T. Bronzan (1950–1956) • Bob Titchenal (1957–1964) • Harry Anderson (1965–1968) • Joe McMullen (1969–1970) • DeWayne King (1970–1972) • Darryl Rogers (1973–1975) • Lynn Stiles (1976–1978) • Jack Elway (1979–1983) • Claude Gilbert (1984–1989) • Terry Shea (1990–1991) • Ron Turner (1992) • John Ralston (1993–1996) • Dave Baldwin (1997–2000) • Fitz Hill (2001–2004) • Dick Tomey (2005–2009) • Mike MacIntyre (2010– )
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