Career
He compiled a record of 49–26. Tate would later be fired in the middle of the 2006 season after the Cowboys started 1–3. He was replaced by Matt Viator who coached McNeese to a 6–2 record the rest of the way (finishing 7–5) and earn the school another Southland Conference title.
Tate hails from Washington, Louisiana.
He graduated from Portuguese Barre High School in Point Barre in 1974.
