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Longtime Ohio State coach and administrator passes away

Bob Tucker was part of 9 Big 10 Championship teams in his 15 years with the university.
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The Ohio State University is mourning the loss of a longtime athletics employee and coach.

Bob Tucker suffered a heart attack Sunday near his home in Worthington.

Tucker spent 15 years at OSU as a coach and administrator.


He was part of 9 Big 10 Championship teams under Earle Bruce and Jim Tressel.

The Sandusky, Ohio native was a 1965 graduate of the College of Wooster with his undergraduate degree in health and physical education.

Tucker and his wife, Lynn, have three grown children: daughters Diana and Michelle, and a son, Scott.

Tucker was 73 years-old.

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