[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3310-S3311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING COACH BOB TYLER

 Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I wish to pay tribute to the 
life and service of a Mississippi coaching legend and close personal 
friend, Coach Bob Tyler, who passed away on April 28, 2024.
  Born and raised in Water Valley, MS, Coach Tyler attended Water 
Valley High School and, later, the University of Mississippi.
  Following his service in the U.S. Army, Coach Tyler began his 
remarkable 45-year career as a coach and teacher. This journey started 
at Water Valley High School, with stops at high schools in Okalona, 
Corinth, Senatobia and Meridian. After posting an impressive 91-19-6 
record over 11 years at the high school level, Coach Tyler began 
coaching at the collegiate level, including years at Northwest 
Community College, North Texas State, Millsaps College, and on John 
Vaught's Ole Miss staff, Bear Bryant's Alabama staff, and

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as head football coach and athletic director at Mississippi State 
University.
  Induction into the Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame, 
the Mississippi State Athletics Hall of Fame, and the Mississippi 
Sports Hall of Fame, are among the numerous honors awarded to 
acknowledge Coach Tyler's achievements. In 2023, the North Mississippi 
Fish Hatchery was also renamed the ``Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery,'' in his 
honor.
  Coach Tyler's accomplishments and impact extended far beyond the 
football field. Following his retirement from coaching, he would go on 
to serve as deputy director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, 
Fisheries and Parks, help start the Archery in Mississippi Schools 
program, and support the Fallen Officers Memorial. He also served as 
the director of economic development for Yalobusha County for 15 years 
until 2022.
  Coach Tyler, an active member of the First Baptist Church of Water 
Valley, MS, was a dedicated family man, married to his high school 
sweetheart and wife of 69 years, Dale. They raised three children--
Breck, Cam, and Drew--and wholeheartedly welcomed eight-grandchildren 
and eight great grandchildren.
  For myself and all those who knew Coach Tyler, I honor his years of 
service and a life well lived. He will be remembered as a great 
Mississippian, who dedicated his life to the game that he loved and to 
the generations of players and people that he educated on the field and 
in life.
  I pray his family and friends find solace in that legacy. My 
condolences go out to all of them.

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