Bermuda Football Association (BFA) technical director of coaching.

Currently head coach of the Howard University Bisons soccer team in Washington D.C., Tucker is on the Island along with assistants Curtis Landy and Larry Strickland scouting for prospective talent among local high schools, particularly those who played in last night's Secondary Schools All-Star game.

Tucker was one of those who applied for the technical director's post when it was first advertised back in 1993.

German Burkhard Ziese was ultimately chosen to fill the position over a number of foreign applicants, and Tucker was not even granted an interview, failing to make the BFA's short list.

However, with Ziese recently fired by the BFA in the midst of the `Miami Seven' scandal, Tucker's name has again been mentioned and he admitted that the idea of returning home to work in such a capacity was attractive.

"Yes, it's an opportunity and I'm always looking for the opportunity to come home and be able to put back and do something for my people,'' said Tucker while attending a reception at Stonington Beach on Thursday night which gave a chance for the group of overseas coaches -- all on similar scouting missions -- parents and the athletes to meet and exchange ideas.

"I would certainly like to be able to bring my family here to spend the rest of my days with old friends and if the opportunity comes I will apply for it.

"I'm a community person and I don't get a whole lot of pleasure sitting at the university hoping that I might get a Bermudian come to the school. I would like to be here to motivate and push the kids, while utilising my contacts abroad.'' Tucker is already deeply involved in providing soccer programmes for youngsters -- many of them disadvantaged -- in the Washington area as well as his duties at Howard.

A drawback cited by former BFA president Charlie Marshall when asked why he was not considered previously was Tucker's so-called lack of experience at the international level.

Still, Tucker was confident this week that he could analyse programmes in other countries and use them to devise one that would be ideal for Bermuda.

"Right now we should be investigating and trying to find a structure that would bring everyone under the same umbrella, from the age of three,'' he said. "One should be able to go to, say, St. George's and see the same things being taught as in any other parish and have all coaches on the same wavelength.

"What is needed is a definite plan for the athletes and the way they play soccer...I think I have that plan.

"The technical director is the man who should put the plan in place and keep coaches up to date. He has to be able to look to the future and determine what skills players are going to have to have, and find out what to implement at the various (age) levels.

"The director has to make sure that every aspect is positive and good for soccer. He is not just a coach, but a parent, a leader and he must be a part of the community. He must know them and they know him and not seek fame, but the betterment of the sport.''