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Incoming Athletics Director Tiffany Tucker brings student-centric leadership to the role
She may be new to Retriever Nation, but it seems like Tiffany D. Tucker won’t have any problem as UMBC’s leader of the pack. Addressing a crowd of student-athletes, administrators, coaches, and staff, at a press conference on July 22, Tucker, UMBC’s newly-appointed director of athletics, physical education, and recreation, made a promise to uphold…