POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State football coach
Mike Kramer has announced the hiring of Anthony Tucker as the new wide receivers coach. Tucker spent the last year working with the football program at Colorado as the offensive technical assistant.
Prior to Colorado he served has the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Calif., from 2006-09. In 2008-09, he also coached the wide receivers in the Best of the West Quarterback and Wide Receiver Skills Camp in Lakewood.
He spent four years in the NFL, originally signing as a free agent with the New York Giants in 1999 and earning a spot on the Giants' practice squad in 2000. He was allocated to NFL Europe from the Giants in 2001 and played for the Amsterdam Admirals. He signed with the St. Louis Rams in 2002 and then suffered a career-ending leg injury.
A three year letter winner at Fresno State as a wide receiver from 1994-98, he led the team in receiving yards as a junior in 1997 when he had 32 catches for 414 yards and three touchdowns.
He graduated from Fresno State in 1999 with a bachelor of science in criminology. He was a WAC Scholar Athlete and was a member of the Dean's list three times and earned President's list honors one time for having a 4.0 grade point average.
A football and track & field star at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, Calif., under coach John Barnes, the winningest coach in Orange County history, he helped his team compile a perfect 14-0 record his senior season in 1993 to win the school's third straight CIF championship. He was a team captain on the track, where he participated in hurdle and sprinting events.
He was born February 27, 1976 at the Fort Carson Army Base in Colorado Springs, Colo.
