Derrick Tucker begins his third year as an assistant baseball coach under Tom Cantrell at North Georgia College & State University. His responsibilities will be to act as the recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and assist with catchers and infielders.

In 2008, North Georgia hit .303 as a team, the fourth highest team batting average in school history while recorded 65 home runs, the second highest number in program history. Tucker oversaw junior transfer Rob Flanigan who set school records of home runs with 20, slugging percentage at .735, and finished with a batting average of .403 while receiving First-Team All-American honors and being drafted in the 29th round by the San Francisco Giants.

During 2007, the Saints hit .300 as a team, and then-freshman catcher Daniel Petitti led the Peach Belt Conference in runners thrown out attempting to steal. The Saints also won three Player of the Week Awards under the guidance of Tucker.

Tucker, a native of Marietta, GA, graduated from Woodstock High School in 2001 and during that time played on the 1999 AAU Junior Olympic National Team. Tucker continued his playing career at Kennesaw State University as a standout catcher. While at Kennesaw, he started all four years and held a personal best .282 batting average his senior year. As a junior, he set a Kennesaw record as he caught 18 baserunners attempting to steal and picked off three additional runners for a combined 21 put-outs and a .429 percentage. During his time at Kennesaw, the Owls won the Peach Belt Conference Championship in 2002, competed in the regional playoffs all four years and won the South-Atlantic Regional in 2003, then went on to finish third in the college world series in that same year. The team also finished in national rankings Top-10 in three of the four years.

Tucker resides in Dahlonega, GA and is currently concluding his degree at NGCSU in History with a minor in Business and will then begin work on his Master's.