Looking back on it now, forcing Dick Tomey out as football coach after the 2000 season was among the worst decisions the Arizona Wildcats have ever made. Not nearly as worse as replacing him with John Mackovic, but still bad all the same.
Yet despite that unpleasant end, Tomey remained a regular presence around the program where he won 95 games from 1987-2000, most in school history. And after his passing earlier this year at the age of 81, it was a no-brainer that the school would find an appropriate way to honor his memory.