Each week for the months of December and January, La Roche athletics will publish different "Redhawk Q&A" profiles on coaches, athletic administrators and athletic trainers to introduce you to the people behind the scenes! First up, we check in with Athletic Director, Jim Tinkey.
IN HIS WORDS
Q: When did you know you wanted to work in collegiate athletics?
A: Following my baseball career, started at LRU as baseball coach in 1987
Q: What was your favorite subject in school? Why?
A: History / Found it way more interesting than Algebra and Geometry
Q: What was your first job growing up?
A: I worked as an usher at a movie theater when I was 16 yrs. old
Q: What's the first concert you went to?
A: Springsteen, New Year's Eve 1978 at the Cleveland Coliseum
Q: What's your all-time favorite movie? Give us a few if you can't pick just one.
A: Bull Durham, Tin Cup, True Grit
Q: What's your favorite meal?
A: Anything cooked on the grill
Q: Tell us about your family.
A: My wife Dayna is my rock and my stepson Aiden is one of my closest buddies. The three of us have made a pretty good team.
Q: How do you relax?
A: I love working outside
Q: What meal/dish/item are you best at cooking?
A: Anything cooked on the grill
Q: What are your favorite artists/songs on your all-time list?
A: Just about anything from Bob Seger
Q: Favorite TV show of all-time?
A: Can't think of an all-timer, however, right now it's Ridiculousness
Q: What's the best advice you ever received and who did it come from?
A: Always try to make a good first impression, the way someone looks at you is largely based on their first impression of you. My mom.
Q: What's your favorite season/type of weather? Why?
A: The Fall…. Warm days and cool nights
Q: Are you a tech savvy person?
A: Absolutely not!
Q: Describe your perfect day off.
A: Going up to my cabin and spending the night, drinking coffee in the morning out on the deck.
Q: What is your biggest fear?
A: A three foot, downhill, right to left putt
Q: How many and what kind of pets do you have? How long have you had them?
A: Our dog Kodi… 10 year old Golden Doodle
Q: Cats or dogs?
A: DOGS! Hands Down!
Q: Who are your heroes?
A: My Dad
Q: Can you sing or play an instrument?
A: Do air drums in my truck count?
Q: What is/would be your go-to karaoke song?
A: The Summer Wind by Frank Sinatra
Q: Fly or drive for a long trip?
A: Drive
Q: Where was/is your favorite vacation spot?
A: Pinehurst, North Carolina
Q: How long can you go without looking at your phone?
A: I'm actually pretty famous for not checking my phone for hours at a time
Q: If you could go back in history to attend one event, what would it be and why?
A: 1986 / The Masters golf tournament
Q: Who would be your 3 dream dinner guests and why?
A: Roberto Clemente (my baseball idol growing up), Jack Nicklaus and my sons JD and Andy