Dick Tucker | |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1926 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1946–1950 |
Player Team2: | Whittier |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1951–1961 |
Coach Team2: | Brea Olinda HS (CA) |
Coach Years3: | 1962–1985 |
Coach Team3: | Orange Coast |
Overall Record: | 129–102–5 (junior college football) 98–18–1 (high school football) |
Bowl Record: | 4–0 (junior college) |
Tournament Record: | Football 1–2 (California JC large division division playoffs) |
Championships: | Football 2 junior college national (1963, 1975) 1 Eastern Conference (1963) 3 SCC (1971, 1974–1975) |
Hal Richard Tucker (July 4, 1926 – July 26, 2018) was an American junior college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California from 1962 to 1985, compiling a record of 129–102–5 in 24 seasons. He led the Orange Coast Pirates to two junior college national titles, in 1963 and 1975. Tucker was also the head golf coach and athletic director at Orange Coast.
Tucker played college football at Whittier College from 1946 to 1950 as a quarterback under head coach Wallace Newman. He was the head football coach at Brea Olinda High School in Brea, California from 1951 to 1961, tallying a mark of 98–18–1 in 11 seasons.[1]
Tucker died on September 14, 2009, at the age of 92.[2]