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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. His best teams were in the mid-1990s, highlighted by a tenacious "Desert Swarm" defense. During his tenure, he coached five future NFL first-round draft choices, 20 All-Americans, and 43 Pac-10 first team players.
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In 1987, Tomey became head coach at Arizona, earning Pac-10 "Coach of the Year" honors in 1992. He left as the winningest coach in Hawaii history, but was passed by June Jones during the 2006 season. In 1981, he also earned Western Athletic Conference "Coach of the Year" honors. During Tomey's time as assistant, UCLA won the 1976 Rose Bowl following the 1975 season.įrom 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 1976, new UCLA head coach Terry Donahue promoted Tomey to defensive coordinator. When Dick Vermeil became head coach in 1974, Tomey coached only the defensive backs.
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From 1971 to 1973, Tomey was both offensive line and defensive backs coach under Rodgers. He then coached the same position at Kansas from 1967 to 1970 under Pepper Rodgers, then followed Rodgers to UCLA in 1971. From 1965 to 1966, Tomey coached defensive backs at Davidson College under Homer Smith. In 1964, Tomey became freshman coach at Northern Illinois under Howard Fletcher. 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. At DePauw, Tomey earned three varsity letters on the DePauw Tigers baseball team at catcher from 1957 to 1959. Tomey is a 1960 graduate of DePauw University. Tomey served as a head coach of the victorious West team in the Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game on Januat Kino Stadium in Arizona.Ĭoaching career Early positions Tomey was not retained by McMackin's successor, Norm Chow. His last full-time coaching position was as the special teams coach at Hawaii in 2011 under head coach Greg McMackin, who resigned after the season. Tomey served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (1977–1986), University of Arizona (1987–2000), and San Jose State University (2005–2009), compiling a career college football record of 183–145–7. Richard Hastings Tomey (J– May 10, 2019) was an American football coach and player.