Glen Tuckett

Glen Tuckett (born 1927) was the coach of the Brigham Young University (BYU) baseball team from 1959 to 1976 and then BYU athletic director from 1976 to 1994.

Tuckett was raised in Murray, Utah. Tuckett played for the Salt Lake Bees and later for Salem's team. Prior to coming to BYU Tuckett coached the Calvary Dodgers. In 1995 Tuckett was appointed interim director of the University of Alabama athletic program in the wake of an NCAA investigation of violations in the program.

After his retirement Tuckett was recognized with the Homer Rice Award. In 2007 he was given the BYU Distinguished Service award.^[1]

Tuckett is a Latter-day Saint.

Sources

↑ Football Foundations newsletter

Additional sources

Mormon Times, April 20, 2010
Minor league stats for Tuckett
Deseret News, September 22, 1994
Deseret News, March 1, 1951
"People in the Church", Church News, September 16, 1995

BYU Cougars head baseball coaches

Fred Bennion (1909)
No team (1910)
Fred Bennion (1911–1912)
No team (1913)
Dell Webb (1914–1915)
No team (1916–1917)
E. L. Roberts (1918)
No team (1919)
E. L. Roberts (1920)
No team (1921–1947)
Stan Watts (1948)
Wayne Soffe (1949–1951)
Dave Crowton (1952–1955)
Wayne Tucker (1956)
Jay VanNoy (1957–1959)
Glen Tuckett (1960–1976)
Gary Pullins (1977–1999)
Vance Law (2000–2012)
Mike Littlewood (2013– )

BYU Cougars athletic directors

G. Ott Romney (1928–1936) Eddie Kimball (1937–1963) Floyd Millet (1963–1970) Stan Watts (1970–1976) Lu Wallace (women's, 1972–1995) Glen Tuckett (1976–1993) Clayne Jensen (1993–1995) Rondo Fehlberg (1995–1999) Elaine Michaelis (women's, 1995–2004) Val Hale (1999–2004) Tom Holmoe (2005– )

Alabama Crimson Tide athletic directors

J. W. H. Pollard (1907–1910)
Guy Lowman (1910–1911)
D. V. Graves (1911–1914)
Thomas Kelley (1915)
B. L. Noojin (1916–1920)
Charles A. Bernier (1920–1923)
Wallace Wade (1923–1930)
Hank Crisp (1930–1940)
Frank Thomas (1940–1952)
Pete Cawthon (1952–1954)
Hank Crisp (1954–1957)
Bear Bryant (1957–1983)
Ray Perkins (1983–1987)
Steve Sloan (1987–1989)
Thomas Jones # (1989)
Hootie Ingram (1989–1995)
Glen Tuckett # (1995–1996)
Bob Bockrath (1996–1999)
Finus Gaston # (1999)
Mal Moore (1999–2013)
Bill Battle (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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