Photos: Tucson remembers coach Dick Tomey
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Mamta Popat
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Family, friends, former colleagues and players came together at McKale Center to honor the legendary University of Arizona head football coach Dick Tomey.
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Rich Tomey, son of coach Dick Tomey, speaks during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona football coach on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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A photo of the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, is projected during a public memorial service on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Ced Dempsey, former Arizona athletic director, speaks during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019, inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Dick Vermeil, former head coach of UCLA Bruins and other teams, speaks during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Ken Niumatalolo, US Naval Academy head football coach, pauses for a moment while speaking during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Nanci Kincaid, second from left, wife of the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, smiles at a joke said during a public memorial service on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Kelvin Eafon, former Arizona football player, speaks during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Joe Salavea, former Arizona football player and Oregon defensive coordinator, speaks during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Dino Babers, then the head football coach at Syracuse, speaks during a public memorial service for the late former Arizona head football coach Dick Tomey on May 31, 2019, at McKale Center in Tucson.
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Several hundred people came to the celebration of life for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Chuck Cecil, Arizona senior defensive analyst and former player, speaks during a public memorial service for the late University of Arizona head football coach, Dick Tomey, on May 31, 2019 inside McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.
Mamta Popat
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Former UA president Peter Likins, athletic director Jim Livengood reveal something that had been known to just three people before last week.
Here's what Ken Niumatalolo, Brent Brennan and Joe Salave'a said about the coach, his lessons and legacy during a memorial service held last year in McKale Center.
