• SloStang
    81
    Fresno State has its new Athletic Director - Terry Tumey.
    His AD stops include Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps, UC Davis and Dominican University. He also served as Director of Football Operations for the San Francisco 49ers. Tumey was an All Pac-10 O-Lineman at UCLA.
  • DrMike
    716
    uh....wow.
  • Riveraggie
    239
    Why did he leave here? I guess it wasn’t because he didn’t like the Valley.
  • zythe
    109
    I believe they fired him, no?
  • zythe
    109
    Sorry, that UC Davis fired him
  • Riveraggie
    239
    Neither he nor they said he was fired, they don’t like the word.
    The chancellor announced it, which kind of implies it was her decision.
    They likely gave him a good reference as they waved goodbye.
  • movielover
    524
    He's a job hopper. Signed a 5-year contract in Davis, and was applying at Fresno State 2 years later.

    He was claiming online some large UC Davis fundraising dollars... money for the ATF? Exaggeration?

    Did his wife stay in Berkeley?

    Next move, UCB in 2 years.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.2k
    Holy moly.....he certainly had his problems in his short stay here and was "unofficially" shown the door. He wasn't a good fit here, that's for sure, but maybe he'll do better at FSU...
  • PortlandAggie
    94
    I was referencing the hiring, sorry about that.
  • AggieFinn
    467
    Wish him the best, nice guy.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.2k
    We hit the jackpot with Kevin Blue that's for sure!
  • movielover
    524
    Didn't he telecommute from Piedmont some days?
  • zythe
    109
    UCD agreed to pay Tumey $177,500 from June 2015 to June 2016 in severance.

    Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/college/mountain-west/fresno-state/article213603144.html#storylink=cpy
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.2k
    It sounds like the Athletics Department at FSU is a mess at the moment financially along with the former, disgruntled AD filing a claim against the school.

    We paid Tumey $177,500 in severance pay and wished him well which was a courteous, politically correct way of saying you're fired and yet in the Fresno Bee article Tumey sugar-coated his departure with this comment:

    “I figure why not get out while things are going well. I just see great things ahead for UC Davis, and there are some other things I’m looking to do.”

    Looks like he's a fairly good spin doctor as well...
  • BaseballAtDobbins
    51
    In fairness, wouldn't we do something like that if we were forced out from a previous job? Its not that much of a stretch.
  • movielover
    524
    But would you take the best job of your career, a huge upgrade, sign a 5-year deal, and then start applying for other jobs after you tank the FB HC search? (2 years in.)

    That was Tumey's flub, right? Took forever, and hired a nice man with no HC experience who never ran an offensive or defensive. We saw the results.
  • movielover
    524
    How many DIII ADs have landed an AD job at an FBS program?
  • Riveraggie
    239
    I don’t think hiring Gould caused Tumeys falling out of favor. It was too early in Gould’s tenure.
  • 69aggie
    377
    He never delivered on the athletic training facility that was his priority coming in. And it would have taken some big contributions to get that done. He was not a happy fundraiser. But I also think it was because he had zero interest in the non revenue sports (say woman’s sports) and the lady coaches called him out on it- simple as that and KT for all her faults saw it as well. Nice guy, but. . . Probably Fresneck is a good spot for him.
  • movielover
    524
    I believe at one time he took credit for some big FR numbers on his LinkedIn page, so did Angius. I'm sure a lot of those are aggregate numbers others helped generate.
  • 69aggie
    377
    Speaking of Angius I only knew him at Peak during workouts. He seem too full of himself and not very personable. No wonder he never worked out as a FR. Just curious, who the hell ever hired that guy? I certainly hope we have hired a better person for this very important job!
  • movielover
    524
    What is peak? ... I saw him maybe 20 times, and he never once introduced himself. He had his crew, his tailgate... I said hello to Tumey maybe three times, third time with his FR partner who made zero attempt to even say hello. Did GW or LS hire Angius?

    I wonder if Takeda will follow Tumey to Fresno State?
  • 69aggie
    377
    Peak Performance on 2nd street in davis. An athletic club then. Not there anymore. He was one of those guys who would answer in conversation likely with a smirk and a nod that he “really knew” what the siruatation was, but “could not possibly” tell the rest of us. Not a bad person, but a horrible guy for an FR. everybody in the gym knew he was a fraud. Why not the AD? I do not who hired him or where he is now. i do wish him luck wherever he is.
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