Thomas Cleveland "Tommy" West is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive line coach at Middle Tennessee State University. West served as head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Clemson University and the University of Memphis, compiling a career college football record of 84?96. West was fired as head coach at Memphis on November 9, 2009 after beginning the season 2?7. West finished the season with Memphis. West attended Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, from which he graduated in 1972. There he was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was an All-American selection. He is divorced and has one son, Turner West, who is an assistant with the Dallas Cowboys. 

July 31st, 1954 in Carrollton (Age 69)