The People. A Fond Farewell to Retiree Bob Tucker – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
“Coach Tuck” has been a part of eight Big Ten championship squads at Ohio State
Bob Tucker finished his eighth year as director of football operations at Ohio State in 2008-09. He accompanied head coach Jim Tressel to Columbus from Youngstown State.
It was 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.
