InTucker Magazine

Citizen of the Month – Tom Crick

I am proud to nominate my husband Coach Tom Crick as the Citizen of the Month for April 2026. Since 2022, he has served as the girls’ soccer coach at Tucker Middle School, putting his passion for soccer – “the beautiful game” – to use in serving our community.

Coach Crick gets the most satisfaction from developing players who have played before and who go on to play for varsity and junior varsity teams at Tucker High School. His goal is to help each team member grow as a player and as a person, build their love of the game, and see them keep playing. He likes to quote the Brazilian soccer legend, Socrates, who said, “Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.”

He has also coached hundreds of kids over ten years as a volunteer coach at the Tucker Youth Soccer Association (TYSA), including his own children, Joe and Lily. Both became soccer captains at Tucker High School and are proud Arsenal fans, like their Dad, but they are all still trying to teach me, Cynthia, to understand the game, while appreciating my support greatly.

Coach Crick has what he calls “an unusual day job” at The Carter Center, where he is a senior project advisor for conflict resolution. For the past 30 years, he has supported the Center and former President Jimmy Carter, in international peacebuilding, conflict mediation, and democracy support. For the past six years, he has helped the Carter Center create and implement its first democracy resilience, violence prevention, and depolarization initiatives in the United States, including here in Georgia.

In 2005, Coach Crick moved to Tucker with his family and loves the sense of community, looking forward to Tucker Day and July 3 Fireworks every year. Now, he can be found walking in Kelly Cofer Park with his dog Percy, playing tennis, at the Corner Cup, or volunteering at the Cold Weather Shelter at Tucker First United Methodist Church. He is proud to be the second in his family to be named Tucker Citizen of the Month, following his daughter Lily recognition in July 2023 for her Girl Scout Troop’s silver award for which, he points out, he was the troop leader.

Nominated by Cynthia Crick