IN ACADEMICS

University of Southern California

• Doctorate in Education 1975
• Master's Degree (Education) 1952

Occidental College

• All-Conference Honors in Basketball
• Athlete of the Year 1951
• Bachelor's Degree 1951
• Alumni Seal Award (Alumnus of the Year) 1985

AS AN EDUCATOR

Los Angeles Unified School District

• Hollywood High School
  • Principal 1973-1975
• Franklin High School
  • Principal 1972-1973
• Fairfax High School
  • Principal 1964-1971
• Lincoln High School
  • LAUSD Vice Principal Assn, President 1962-1963
  • Boys' Vice Principal 1959-1964
  • Registrar 1955-1959
  • Teacher and Coach 1951-1955

Herb Alpert Family Foundation

• Educational Director 1970-1972

Bellflower Unified School District (Southern California)

• Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education 1975-1977
• Superintendent of Schools 1977

York School (Monterey, California)

• Headmaster 1993-94
• Board of Trustees, 1995-2004

Monterey Peninsula College

• Board of Trustees, 1997-2009

AS A SUCCESS TRAINER

Professional Speaker 1960-present

• National Speakers Association
  • NSA Foundation Board of Trustees 1995-2001
  • CPAE Board of Governors Chairman 1983-1987
  • CPAE Board of Governors 1981-1987
  • CPAE and CSP, 1980
  • President 1986-1987
  • Board of Directors 1979-1983, 1985-1988
  • Member 1975-present
• Speakers Associates/Speakers Roundtable
  • Member 1983-present
  • Executive Board 1985-1986, 1988-1989
• Institute for the Study of Motivation and Achievement, Inc.
  • President 1976-1986
• Jim Tunney Associates, Inc.
  • President 1986-present

IN THE COMMUNITY

• Los Angeles Boys Club, Board of Directors 1979-1985
• National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame (Monterey), Board of Directors 1984-1994
• California Special Olympics, State Board of Directors 1989-1991
• National Association of Sports Officials, Board of Directors 1986-1991
• National Association of Sports Officials, Chairman 1989-1990
• National Football League Alumni (Pebble Beach), Board of Directors 1992-present
• Camp Royal (Rotary Club), High School Leadership Camp, 1972-1990
• Paul Harris Fellow, (Rotary International) 1984
• Alhambra High School Hall of Fame, inducted first year established, 1984
• American Lung Association Golf Tournament, Co-Chair, 1993
• FSA Golf & Tennis Tournament, Honorary Chair, 1993
• Alliance on Aging, Board of Directors, 1993-1994
• Jim Tunney Youth Foundation, President, 1993-present
• Salvation Army 100th Anniversary Honorary Cabinet, 1995
• The Nido Qubein Associates Scholarship Fund Advisory Board, 1996-2002
• Community Partnership for Youth Honorary Board of Directors, 1996-present
• World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame Board of Directors, 1997-2002
• U. S. Olympic Committee for Monterey/Salinas California Vice Chair, 1997-2000

AS A SPORTS OFFICIAL

Football and Basketball Official, 1951-1991

• Championship games (high school, college) 1951-1963
• Pacific Coast Conference (PAC-10), 1955-1967
• Junior Rose Bowl Games, 1958, 1959, 1960
• Southern California Football Officials Association, President 1959-1960
• Southern California Basketball Officials Association, President, 1959-1961
• Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner, 1961-1964

Professional Football Referees Association

• Member 1972-1991, President 1979-1981

World Team Tennis

• Umpire and Linesman 1977-1979

National Football League

• Pro Football Hall of Fame Nominee (3rd Time)
• NFL Commissioner's Officiating 2000 Committee, 1996
• NFL Alumni, Member, 1995-present
• NASO Gold Whistle Award, 1992
• Pro Football Hall of Fame - Speaker, 1993, 1991, 1980
• All-Madden Team, 1990
• Sporting News Best NFL Official, 1990
• Stovall Sports Clinic Man of the Year, 1989
• NASO, Chairman, Board of Directors, 1987-1988
• Emmett Ashford Community Spirit Award, 1987
• NASO Keynote Presentation, First Annual Convention, 1981

• Referee, 1967-1991
• Field Judge, 1960-1966
• Playoff Games - 10 Championship,8 Divisional, 6 Pro Bowls
• And these Classic Games:
  • "The Fog Bowl" - Philadelphia at Chicago (12/31/88)
  • "The Final Fumble" - Cleveland at Denver (1/17/88)
  • "The Snowball Game" - San Francisco at Denver (11/11/85)
  • "The 100th Game" - Green Bay at Chicago (11/19/83)
  • "The Catch" - Dallas at San Francisco (1/10/82)
  • "The Kick" - Detroit at New Orleans (11/08/70)
  • "The Ice Bowl" - Dallas at Green Bay (12/31/67)
  • "The Field Goal" - Baltimore at Green Bay (12/26/65)
  • Super Bowl VI - 1972
  • Super Bowl XI - 1977
  • Super Bowl XII - 1978
  • Super Bowl XVIII - 1983 (alt)

AS A WRITER

Books:

• IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT - The "Dean of NFL Referees" Calls Pro Football As He Sees It, (Franklin Watts) 1988; (Griffin) 1995
• CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SPORTS FAN'S SOUL, (Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications) 2001
• IT'S THE WILL NOT THE SKILL, (Executive Books) 2005, 2007

Contributing Author in Non-Fiction Collections:

• Build A Better You-Starting Now!, Ed. Dible (Showcase) 1979
• Insights Into Excellence, (Executive Books) 1988, 1989, 1990
• You Can Do It!, Ed. Budler (Thomas Nelson) 1992
• Speaking Secrets of the Masters (Executive Books) 1995
• Taking Charge: Lessons in Leadership 2003

Columns:

• “Speaking Out for Success,” Personal Selling Power 1987-1990
• “Thoughts on the Line,” Referee 1982-1989
• “President's Column” Speak Out 1986-1987
• “Elements of Excellence” Go-Getters 1992-93
• "Tunney-Side-of-Sports", Monterey Herald 2005-present

Numerous Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Audio Cassettes:

• “Here's to the Winners” (2-cassette album), 1976, 1988, 1990
• “A Professional Way to Winning” (6-cassette album), 1985
• “Treasury of Humor” (ed. Nightingale-Conant), 1988
• “P*R*I*D*E in Action,” 1993
• “Secrets of Success," 2008

Video Cassettes:

• “In Charge” Cally Curtis Productions, 1979
• “P*R*I*D*E in Action” Jim Tunney Associates, 1993

IN TELEVISION

Screen Actors Guild; AFTRA, Member 1978-present

Sports Programs:

• KSBW-TV (NBC-Central Coast, California)
  Tunney Talks Sports weekly commentary 1991-92
• WVTV-TV (CBS-Tampa)
  Super Bowl XXV sports reporter, 1991
• World League of American Football
  Rules of the Game (ABC) (1991)
• ESPN Sports Emmy Awards Show, 1991
• Superstars ABC Sports Special
  Commissioner of Events, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993
• Battle of the Network Stars
  Commissioner of Events, 1978-1987
• Super Bowl XXVI Special with Dan Dierdorf (ABC) 1992
• Jose Cuervo Untamed Margarita Bowl III, IV, V, VI (ESPN-2) 1995-1999
• John Madden All-Super-Bowl Team, (FOX) 1997

Video Games:

• Mike Ditka's Power Football (Accolade) 1991
• Front Page Sports: Football (Dynamix) 1993
• John Madden's Football (Electronic Arts) 1994

Commercials:

• Farrah Slacks, 1978
• Datsun Automobiles, 1979
• Central Coast Chevrolet Dealers, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
• BUD BOWL, 1994, 1998
• CBS 60 MINUTES, 1994

Public Service Announcements:

• United Way, 1987-1991
• Boys and Girls Club, 1990, 1991, 1993
• Family Service Agency, 1991, 1992
• National Football Foundation / College Hall of Fame, 1990-1994