Jim Tunney had an exemplary career in sports. A former high school coach, teacher, principal and district superintendent, he had a 40-year career in officiating football and basketball. Thirty-one of those years he was an NFL Referee working a record twenty-nine post-season games including three Super Bowls, ten NFC/AFC Championship games, six Pro Bowls and twenty-five Monday Night Games. He officiated some of the most memorable games in NFL history, including “The Ice Bowl”, “The Kick”, “The 100th Bears-Packers Game”, “The Snowball Game”, the “Final Fumble”, “The Fog B...
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Regarded as "The Dean of NFL Referees," Member of the NFL Hall of Fame and the CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame
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Jim Tunney had an exemplary career in sports. A former high school coach, teacher, principal and district superintendent, he had a 40-year career in officiating football and basketball. Thirty-one of those years he was an NFL Referee working a record twenty-nine post-season games including three Super Bowls, ten NFC/AFC Championship games, six Pro Bowls and twenty-five Monday Night Games.
He officiated some of the most memorable games in NFL history, including “The Ice Bowl”, “The Kick”, “The 100th Bears-Packers Game”, “The Snowball Game”, the “Final Fumble”, “The Fog Bowl” and “The Catch”. His book Impartial Judgment: “The Dean of NFL Referees” Calls Pro Football As He Sees It, chronicles his NFL career.
As a Professional Speaker, he is Past President of The National Speakers Association and a Charter Member of its most prestigious group – The CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame. Jim Tunney holds every professional designation of the NSA, including the Oscar of Professional Speaking – The Cavett.
Dr. Tunney (a doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California) continues to serve his community as a Trustee of both Monterey Peninsula College and York School; where he once served as Headmaster. In 1993, he founded the Jim Tunney Youth Foundation to support local community programs that develop leadership, work skills, wellness and self-esteem in youth. He and his wife Linda live in Pebble Beach, California. They have six children and fifteen grandchildren.
As an author Jim Tunney has written and/or co-authored nine books: Impartial Judgment, Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan’s Soul, Speaking Secrets of the Masters, You Can Do It!, Super Bowl Sunday, Insights into Excellence, Lessons in Leadership, Build a Better You and now, It’s the Will, Not the Skill.
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