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- Year:
- 1962-1995
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- Sports Played:
- Football Head Coach; Athletic Director
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- Induction Year:
- 2007
Bio
A member of OCC’s Physical Education and Athletics Division staff for 33 years, Dick was the college’s head football coach for 24 seasons, from 1962-85. Two of his teams captured national championships. His 1963 squad finished with a 10-0 record and defeated Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 21-0, in the Junior Rose Bowl Game in front of 44,044 fans. His 1975 outfit went 11-0 and won the Avocado Bowl. Six of Tucker’s squads won conference championships, and he logged a career OCC coaching record of 129-102. He was inducted into the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame in the 1990s, and into the California Community College Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in March of 2004. Dick was OCC’s athletic director for more than a decade. Before joining OCC’s staff in 1962 he was head football coach at Brea-Olinda High for 11 years. He won eight league championships at Brea and two CIF titles.
Tucker passed away in 2018 at the age of 92.
