Tommy Tuberville

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Tommy Tuberville (2007)
Tommy Tuberville (2007) in his 100th winning game

Thomas "Tommy" Hawley Tuberville (* 18th September 1954 in Camden , Arkansas ) is a former American American football coach and politicians. Tuberville worked as head coach in the college sector for many years for Auburn University .

Tuberville is running for an Alabama Senate seat in the 2020 United States Senate election .

biography

Tommy Tuberville was born in Camden, Arkansas, to Charles and Olive Tuberville. He graduated from Harmony Grove High School in Camden in 1972. He then attended Southern Arkansas University , where he played American football and golf . He received a BS degree in sports from SAU in 1976.

Tuberville got his first job as head coach of a college football team in 1994 at the University of Mississippi . In 1998 he moved to Auburn University , although he had previously denied such ambitions. In 2010 Tuberville went to Texas Tech University . At the end of 2012 he began an engagement at the University of Cincinnati . In December 2016, he ended his career as a football coach.

In April 2019, Tuberville moved into politics, announcing that it would run for the Republican Party for the Senate seat in Alabama , thereby challenging incumbent Democratic Senator Doug Jones . His candidacy is supported by Sean Spicer , former White House press secretary . On March 3, 2020, Tuberville won 33.4% in the Republican primary, taking first place. On March 31, he was to run a runoff against runner-up Jeff Sessions , who held the Senate seat from 1997 to 2017. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , the runoff election was postponed to July 17, which he won.

Web links

Commons : Tommy Tuberville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tommy Tuberville. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 2014 University of Cincinnati Football. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ole Miss won't forget old 'pine box' comments. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Tuberville express train interest in Texas Tech job. December 31, 2009, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tommy Tuberville steps down at Cincinnati after 4-8 season. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  6. ^ Ex-Auburn football coach Tuberville to run for Ala. Senates. April 6, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Dave Clark: Tommy Tuberville, former UC Bearcats coach, declares he'll run for the US Senate in Alabama. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Mike Cason: Tuberville on runoff: 'We're going to overtime'. In: AL.com. Advance Local Media LLC, March 4, 2020, accessed March 4, 2020 .
  9. ↑ James Arkin, Alabama Senate runoff postponed until July , Politico June 18, 2020.
  10. ↑ Clare Foran CNN: Jeff Sessions loses Alabama GOP Senate runoff to Trump-backed Tommy Tuberville. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tuberville, Tommy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuberville, Thomas Hawley; Tuberville, Tommy Hawley (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football coach and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Camden , Arkansas , United States