📝 Larry Lewis Rick Dickson made lasting impact at TU

[Chris Harmon]

To say Rick Dickson's imminent departure as TU's athletic director is the end of an era is an understatement. When he retires, this time for good, as Tulsa's AD at the end of June at age 70, it will be 50 years since he first came to TU as a football player from Bishop Kelley.

https://tulsa.rivals.com/news/rick-dickson-made-lasting-impact-at-tulsa

 

[TU Sepp]

Rick was a 1972 graduate from Bishop Kelley High School.

 

[TUMU]

Wonder how much longer Bruce Howard will be with TU/Learfield?

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Wonder how much longer Bruce Howard will be with TU/Learfield?

He's around 67 or 68? Somewhere around two years younger than Dickson, give or take.

 

[dlsnid]

I hope for awhile longer

 

[Larry Lewis_]

I hope for awhile longer

We need to keep Bruce at TU as long as possible. Incredibly prepared. I could see him keep working for many more years. Not an easy job, but SID job would be really, really challenging. So many details.

 

[TU1NNJ]

We need to keep Bruce at TU as long as possible. Incredibly prepared. I could see him keep working for many more years. Not an easy job, but SID job would be really, really challenging. So many details.

Bruce’s ability to do play by play not only in FB, MBB, WBB (TV) but Softball (TV) is amazing. TV and Radio are very different types of PBP assignments, yet he handles both exceptionally well. I try to listen critically and he very rarely comes across as the level of homer that many PBP guys that work at universities do. We are fortunate.

 

[TU Sepp]

Bruce is a University of Tulsa treasure!

Someday they should make some kind of a jersey for him and hang it from the rafters in the Don-Rey...

 

[TU 1978]

Regarding Bruce, who is the other announcer that was covering the women’s games on the radio when Bruce was off covering men’s games? He seemed quite competent as well and could be the next person in that role in the future.