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Tuck Woolum was a three-year letterwinner at quarterback for coach Roy Kidd’s EKU football squad and was a member of four consecutive Colonel teams that played in the I-AA national championship game. In 1982 as a senior, Woolum was a first-team All-OVC quarterback selection as he led the Colonels to a perfect 13-0 season which culminated in the school’s second national championship and a final ranking of No. 1 in the I-AA poll. While serving as captain that 1982 season and receiving honorable mention All-American honors, he set five single season school passing records. The Colonels were an amazing 46-7 during his four years on the football team. Woolum served EKU as a student assistant in 1983 and 1984 and also had assistant football coaching stints at The Citadel, EKU (1986-90), Western Carolina and Pineville High School. He later served as head coach at Union College where he was Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year in 1995 and served a four-year term as a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame committee. He was a member of the American Football Coaches Association for 20 years and has served the city of Pineville in many civic endeavors
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