Tommy Tate
Thomas "Tommy" Tate (born February 26, 1956) was the head football coach for the McNeese State University Cowboys football team from 2000 to 2006. He compiled a record of 49–26. Tate was given the Eddie Robinson Award in 2002 as the top NCAA Division I-AA College Football Coach of the Year when he guided the Cowboys to a 12–2 record and an appearance in the Division I-AA National Championship, where his team would ultimately finished as national runners-up. Tate would later be fired in the middle of the 2006 season after the Cowboys started 1–3. He was replaced by Matt Viator who coached McNeese to a 6–2 record the rest of the way (finishing 7–5) and earn the school another Southland Conference title.
Early life
Tate hails from Washington, Louisiana. He graduated from Port Barre High School in Point Barre in 1974.
Head coaching record
| Year |
Team |
Overall |
Conference | Standing |
Bowl/playoffs |
TSN# |
| McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (2000–2006) |
| 2000 |
McNeese State |
8–4 | | | L 17–42 Division I-AA First Round | | |
| 2001 |
McNeese State |
8–4 | | 1st-t | L 10–14 Division I-AA First Round | | |
| 2002 |
McNeese State |
13-2 | | 1st | L 14–34 Division I-AA National Championship | | |
| 2003 |
McNeese State |
10–2 | | 1st | L 3–35 Division I-AA First Round | | |
| 2004 |
McNeese State |
4–7 | | | | | |
| 2005 |
McNeese State |
5–4 | | 3rd | | | |
| 2006 |
McNeese State |
1–3 | | | | | |
| Total: | 49–26 | |
| National championship Conference title Conference division title |
| #The Sports Network FCS final poll. |
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- Wayne Cusic (1940)
- No team (1941–1944)
- Wayne Cusic (1945)
- A. I. Ratcliff (1946–1954)
- John Gregory (1955–1956)
- Les DeVall (1957–1965)
- Jim Clark (1966–1969)
- Jack Doland (1970–1978)
- Ernie Duplechin (1979–1981)
- Hubert Boales (1982)
- John McCann (1983–1986)
- Sonny Jackson (1987–1989)
- Bobby Keasler (1990–1998)
- Kirby Bruchhaus (1999)
- Tommy Tate (2000–2006)
- Matt Viator (2006–2015)
- Lance Guidry (2016– )
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