Tommy West (American football)

Tommy West
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Defensive line coach
Team	Middle Tennessee
Conference	C-USA
Biographical details
Born	(1954-07-31)July 31, 1954 Carrollton, Georgia
Playing career
1972–1975	Tennessee
Position(s)	Tight end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979	Ole Miss (RB)
1980–1981	Appalachian State (WR/TE)
1982	Clemson (WR)
1983–1989	Clemson (LB)
1990	Tennessee (RB)
1991–1992	South Carolina (DC/LB)
1993	Chattanooga
1993–1998	Clemson
2000	Memphis (DC/LB)
2001–2009	Memphis
2011	UAB (DC/LB)
2012	Southern Miss (DC/LB)
2014–present	Middle Tennessee (DL)
Head coaching record
Overall	84–96
Bowls	3–6

Thomas Cleveland "Tommy" West (born July 31, 1954) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive line coach at Middle Tennessee State University. West served as head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1993), Clemson University (1993–1998) and the University of Memphis (2001–2009), compiling a career college football record of 84–96. West was fired as head coach at Memphis on November 9, 2009 after beginning the season 2–7.^[1] West finished the season with Memphis.

West attended Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, from which he graduated in 1972. There he was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was an All-American selection. He is married to the former Cyndie Smith of Germantown, Tn. and has one son, Turner West, who is an assistant with the Dallas Cowboys.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference) (1993)
1993	Chattanooga	4–7	2–6	5th
Chattanooga:		4–7	2–6
Clemson Tigers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1993–1998)
1993	Clemson	1–0^{[n 1]}	^{[n 1]}	^{[n 1]}	W Peach	23	22
1994	Clemson	5–6	4–4	6th
1995	Clemson	8–4	6–2	2nd	L Gator
1996	Clemson	7–5	6–2	T–2nd	L Peach
1997	Clemson	7–5	4–4	5th	L Peach
1998	Clemson	3–8	1–7	T–9th
Clemson:		31–28	21–19
Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (2001–2009)
2001	Memphis	5–6	3–4	7th
2002	Memphis	3–9	2–6	9th
2003	Memphis	9–4	5–3	T–3rd	W New Orleans
2004	Memphis	8–4	5–3	T–2nd	L GMAC
2005	Memphis	7–5	5–3	T–2nd (East)	W Motor City
2006	Memphis	2–10	1–7	6th (East)
2007	Memphis	7–6	6–2	T–2nd (East)	L New Orleans
2008	Memphis	6–7	4–4	T–2nd (East)	L St. Petersburg
2009	Memphis	2–10	1–7	6th (East)
Memphis:		49–61	32–39
Total:		84–96
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

Notes

1 2 3 Ken Hatfield resigned after the regular season. West coached Clemson in the Peach Bowl. Clemson credits the 1993 regular season to Hatfield and the Peach Bowl to West.

References

↑ Tommy West fired as Memphis Tigers football coach, The Commercial Appeal, November 9, 2009

External links

Chattanooga Mocs head football coaches

Unknown (1899–1900)
No team (1901–1903)
Walter Hullihen (1904–1905)
Arthur Rieber (1906)
Sam McAllister (1907)
Jones Beene (1908)
W. A. Roddick (1909)
Leslie Stauffer (1910–1913)
Mike Belenti (1914)
Johnny Spiegel (1915–1916)
No team (1917)
Unknown (1918)
Silas Williams (1919–1921)
Bill McAllester (1922–1924)
Frank Thomas (1925–1928)
Harold Drew (1929–1930)
Andy Moore (1931–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Andy Moore (1945–1967)
Harold Wilkes (1968–1972)
Joe Morrison (1973–1979)
Bill Oliver (1980–1983)
Buddy Nix (1984–1992)
Tommy West (1993)
Buddy Green (1994–1999)
Donnie Kirkpatrick (2000–2002)
Rodney Allison (2003–2008)
Russ Huesman (2009–2016)
Tom Arth (2017– )

Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Walter Riggs (1896)
William M. Williams (1897)
John Penton (1898)
Walter Riggs (1899)
John Heisman (1900–1903)
Shack Shealy (1904)
Eddie Cochems (1905)
Bob Williams (1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
Stein Stone (1908)
Bob Williams (1909)
Frank Dobson (1910–1912)
Bob Williams (1913–1915)
Wayne Hart (1916)
Edward Donahue (1917–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1922)
Bud Saunders (1923–1926)
Bob Williams (1926)
Josh Cody (1927–1930)
Jess Neely (1931–1939)
Frank Howard (1940–1969)
Hootie Ingram (1970–1972)
Red Parker (1973–1976)
Charley Pell (1977–1978)
Danny Ford (1979–1989)
Ken Hatfield (1990–1993)
Tommy West (1993–1998)
Tommy Bowden (1999–2008)
Dabo Swinney (2008– )

Memphis Tigers head football coaches

Clyde H. Wilson (1912–1915)
Tom Shea (1916)
V. M. Campbell (1917)
John Childerson (1918)
V. M. Campbell (1919)
Elmore George (1920)
Rollin Wilson (1921)
Lester Barnard (1922–1923)
Zach Curlin (1924–1936)
Allyn McKeen (1937–1938)
C. C. Humphreys (1939–1941)
Charlie Jamerson (1942)
No team (1943–1946)
Ralph Hatley (1947–1957)
Billy J. Murphy (1958–1971)
Fred Pancoast (1972–1974)
Richard Williamson (1975–1980)
Rex Dockery (1981–1983)
Rey Dempsey (1984–1985)
Charlie Bailey (1986–1988)
Chuck Stobart (1989–1994)
Rip Scherer (1995–2000)
Tommy West (2001–2009)
Larry Porter (2010–2011)
Justin Fuente (2012–2015)
Darrell Dickey # (2015)
Mike Norvell (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976 NFL Draft selections

Lee Roy Selmon Jimmy DuBose Dewey Selmon Steve Young Steve Maughan Richard Appleby Everett Little Mishael Kelson Steve Wilson Curtis Jordan Parnell Dickinson Bruce Welch Sid Smith Melvin Washington George Ragsdale Brad Jenkins Carl Roaches Bob Dzierzak Tommy West Jack Berry

Draft years 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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