Football: Bob Tucker Honorary Captain vs. Michigan State – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Director of Football Operations in second stint at Ohio State
Bob Tucker will serve as honorary captain for Ohio State in its gameat Michigan State Satuday at 3:30 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. He is in his eighth year as director of football operations at Ohio State. He accompanied head coach Jim Tressel to Columbus from Youngstown State.
This is Tucker’s second tour of duty with the Buckeyes. He was a member of Earle Bruce’s Ohio State staff from 1979 through 1984, serving first as outside linebackers coach (1979-81) and later as defensive coordinator (1982-84). While at Ohio State under Bruce, the Buckeyes won three Big Ten championships and played in six bowl games, including two Rose Bowls (1979, ’84).
A native of Sandusky, Ohio, Tucker is a 1965 graduate of the College of Wooster; he served as head coach at his alma mater from 1985-97. He received a master’s degree from Penn State in 1967. His coaching career has also included stops at Youngstown State, Iowa State, Wichita State and Massillon (Ohio) High School.
Bob and his wife, Lynn, a lifelong educator, have three children: Diana, Michelle (both teachers) and Scott, a 2002 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, currently stationed in Germany.
Tucker’s Coaching Career
2001-Present Director of Football Operations Ohio State University
2000 Linebackers and Special Teams Youngstown State University
1997-1999 Defensive Coordinator Youngstown State University
1985-1997 Head Coach College of Wooster
1979-1984 Defensive Coord. and Outside Linebackers Ohio State University
1973-1977 Defensive Ends Iowa State University
1972 Defensive Coordinator Wichita State University
1969-1971 Linebackers Wichita State University
1967-1968 Assistant Coach Massillon High School
1965-1966 Graduate Assistant Penn State University
