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Dick Tomey (born June 20, 1938, in Bloomington, Indiana) is a football coach. He is currently the head coach at San Jose State University.

Early positions

The DePauw University graduate (where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity) 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. Throughout his years at Arizona, he coached five future NFL first-round draft choices, 20 All-Americans, and 43 Pac-10 first team players. 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.

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