Jim Tressel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jim Tressel

American college football coach

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1952

Place of Birth: Mentor, Ohio, United States

Profession: head coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jim Tressel

  • James Patrick Tressel (born December 5, 1952) is an American college football coach and university administrator who is currently the president of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.
  • Before becoming an administrator, Tressel was the head coach of the Youngstown State Penguins and later the Ohio State Buckeyes in a career that spanned from 1986 until 2010.
  • Tressel's teams earned several national championships during the course of his career, earning him numerous accolades. Tressel was born in Mentor, Ohio and attended Baldwin–Wallace College, where he played football as quarterback under his father, Lee Tressel.
  • Tressel succeeded Bill Narduzzi as Youngstown State's fourth head football coach in 1986 and would remain there until 2000.
  • In 2001, he was named John Cooper's successor as the head coach of Ohio State.
  • During his tenure as Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, Tressel's teams competed in three BCS National Championship Games, and his 2002 squad won a national title, achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football since 1897 Penn Quakers.Tressel's tenure would, however, come to an abrupt end with his resignation in May 2011 amidst an NCAA investigation into improper benefits violations involving OSU football players during the 2010 season.
  • The investigation resulted in OSU self-vacating victories from the 2010 season including the 2011 Sugar Bowl.
  • Tressel finished his career at Ohio State with an official overall record of 94–22 (.810), including six Big Ten Conference championships, a 5–4 bowl record, a 4–3 mark in BCS bowl games, and an 8–1 record against the arch-rival Michigan Wolverines.
  • Tressel's eight wins against the University of Michigan place him second in school history to Woody Hayes, who had 16, and he is tied with Urban Meyer as the only Ohio State head coaches to win seven consecutive games against the Wolverines.
  • Tressel's success as a head coach led to him being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015. From September 2011 until February 2012, Tressel was a consultant for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).
  • From 2012 to 2014 Tressel served as Vice President of Strategic Engagement for the University of Akron, before being named as Youngstown State University President on May 9, 2014.

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