Title: | Assistant Coach |
Phone: | 325-574-7967 |
Email: | roberto.tucker@wtc.edu |
The 2023 season was Roberto Tucker’s first season as the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach at Western Texas College. The Westerners finished 2023 with an 8-2-3 overall record. The Westerners were Region V Champions during the regular season and qualified for the Region V Championship game.
2022 was Tucker’s first as Associate Head Coach for the Lady Roadrunners. He helped lead the Lady Roadrunners to a 12-6-4 record in 2022. The program achieved its most wins in a season and most goals in a single game en route to achieving the program’s highest national ranking. The Lady Roadrunners advanced to the Region 16 Tournament semifinal round.
Coach Tucker helped lead the Roadrunners to a 7-6-1 record during the 2021 season as an assistant coach.
Coach Tucker helped lead the Lady Roadrunners to a 9-5-1 record. The nine victories broke the program record for wins in a season in 2021.
The Lady Roadrunners had their best season in program history in the 2020 season which was moved to the spring of 2021 finishing with a regular season record of 7-4.
During the 2020 season, which was moved to the spring of 2021, he helped the State Fair Community College men’s team to a 4-3-3 season and an appearance in the Region 16 Tournament semifinal round.
Coach Tucker coached Inter City, a United Premier Soccer League Team from El Paso, Texas, a pro development league from 2019-2020.
He also possesses a background in youth coaching. He coached the FC Dallas West U-15 and U-17 teams for six years from 2012 to 2018. Coach Tucker had a successful stint as a high school boys’ soccer coach at Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas in 2002. He led his team to a State Championship in 2002. He returned to Cathedral High School in 2018 and led them to a second-place finish in the state championship.
He Led the El Paso Patriots, a professional A-League team, for five years from 1995-2000. In 1987, he began his coaching career at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he spent four years and led his team to a Men’s Soccer Club National Championship in 1989.
Tucker was also a high-level player during his own career playing in Mexican Professional second and third division leagues.
Coach Tucker holds the United States Soccer Federation B and C Licenses, as well as the United Soccer Coaches National Diploma. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Texas at El Paso.