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Dick Tomey
Title	Head Coach
College	San José State
Sport	Football
Team Record	12-12
Born	June 20, 1938
Place of birth	Bloomington, Indiana
Career Highlights
Overall	170-122-7
Coaching Stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Awards
1981 WAC Coach of the Year 1992 Pac 10 Coach of the Year
School as a player
1957-60	DePauw
Coaching positions
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.

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.

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. Tomey left both Arizona and Hawaii having accrued the most wins for a football coach at each school. 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.

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 23rd, 2006 and finished with a 9-4 overall record.

• San Jose State Spartans Official Athletic Site

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