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Jim Tressel, who was picked by Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday to replace now U.S. Sen. Jon Husted as Ohio’s lieutenant governor, was once a national championship-winning football coach at Ohio State University.
Tressel led the Buckeyes for 10 seasons, including in 2002 when they won their first consensus title in 34 years.
Following his resignation in 2011, he left coaching for university administration, beginning as the vice president of strategic engagement at Akron and later as the president at Youngstown State. He retired from higher education two years ago.
Here are five things to know from Tressel’s tenure as the Buckeyes’ coach.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel led the 2002 Buckeyes to a national championship, beating Miami in the BCS title game 31-24 in double overtime.
Jim Tressel is the third winningest coach in Ohio State history
Among Buckeyes coaches, Tressel ranks third all-time in wins, trailing only Woody Hayes’ 205 wins and John Cooper’s 111 wins.
Tressel went 106-22 over his tenure, which spanned the 2001-10 seasons, though 12 wins were vacated due to NCAA sanctions in response to players selling memorabilia in exchange for cash or tattoos, then a violation of the association’s rules.
The vacated wins left Tressel’s record to be adjusted to 94-21.
He still remains ahead of Urban Meyer on Ohio State’s winningest coaches list. Meyer was 83-9 in his seven seasons.
The 2002 title was a long time coming
When Tressel guided the Buckeyes to the Bowl Championship Series title in his second season, it broke a decades-long drought.
The Buckeyes had last won a national championship, previously determined by the Associated Press and United Press International coaches polls, in 1968.
It was their longest streak without one since winning their first title in 1942.
The championship run in 2002 was defined by a series…
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Author : The Columbus Dispatch
Publish date : 2025-02-10 18:58:00
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