FCS

Final season of current Tucker Stadium brings memories and exciting future

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – I’ve lost count on the number of times I’ve made the trips up and down the Tucker Stadium steps. Just like the rest of the Tennessee Tech campus, it’s been home for me for 23 years now. And nearly every one of those years, I’ve spent time in the Tucker Stadium press box.

Whether it was as a student from 2000 to 2005, covering the team at the Cookeville Herald-Citizen from 2006 to 2015, then working as the team’s sports information contact from the years since 2016 on, Saturdays (and some random Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons in 2021) have been for Tennessee Tech football.

It’s still a little weird to think that as I make the climb up to the press box this season, these concrete stairs will soon be gone, the west side demolished to make way for a much-needed upgrade to Tucker Stadium.