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Jim Tressel (National Champion, ex-President, Youngstown State University, CFB HOF)

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Tressel's new pact adds faculty position
OSU notebook
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
BY TODD PORTER
[email protected]

COLUMBUS When Jim Tressel decides he's done coaching football, he may shed his sweater vest for a professor's robe. The Ohio State head football coach's revamped contract, which makes him the highest paid coach in the Big Ten at about $3.5 million a season, also calls for Ohio State to provide him with a faculty position.

According to Tressel, Athletics Director Gene Smith approached him over the summer about a raise in the deal that goes through the 2012 season. The new contract doesn't change in length.

"There was no negotiation," Tressel said. "No discussion. All I said was, 'Wow.' "

So what's the coach going to teach?

"I was certified to teach math coming out of college, but I couldn't even help my kids when they were in the fourth grade," Tressel joked. "People always ask, what would you be doing if you weren't doing this? My answer is always, 'I'd be teaching.' That's what I love to do."

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Think Tressel is setting up a nice seamless transition into teaching down the road? I do. Particularly after reading his book. The man clearly loves football, but I believe he loves instructing young people even more. This is why you'll never see him in the NFL.
 
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Tressel coaches players, molds men
by [email protected]
Friday September 05, 2008

COLUMBUS -- "You win with people," Woody Hayes said.

That message is so important it is splashed around the athletic center named for him.

He did not mean speedsters who made you do a double take with the stopwatch because -- how fast can a man run between the tackles?

To some extent, Hayes meant punishing linemen and durable running backs to join the linemen's convoy. But over the years, both before Hayes and after him, Ohio State has rarely been short on talent.

What Hayes really meant was people of good character.

Only one coach has won a national championship at Ohio State since Hayes, Berea's Jim Tressel. There are many strengths to him as a coach.

He coaches to the abilities of his personnel, not to a preset system. He was conservative when he had Craig Krenzel at quarterback in 2002. He gave Troy Smith the freedom to beat Michigan with his legs in 2004 when Smith was a heedless kid. By his Heisman Trophy season in 2006, Smith ran the spread as a pocket passer.

Tressel has that "Woody" gene, which insists that dealing out punishment will never go out of style in football. It will be interesting to see how he blends powerful running back Beanie Wells with veteran receivers this season and still works in dynamic freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor. I would not bet against him.
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Tressel coaches players, molds men - Sports News and Analysis by Bill Livingston | The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
 
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Tressel's press conference is being covered on 1460thefan.com right now. It's some pretty good stuff. He is saying that TP and TB will play 50/50. However, he did say it all depends on what happens on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. He did say that TP is getting 65% of the snaps, but the Midday Show guys say that they think that is because TP does not know the system yet.
 
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Ever since Tressel arrived on Jan 18 2001, he has been pretty loyal to his coaching staff other than Spencer leaving to be with the NFL bears. I can never recall him letting anybody go. Alot of people have requested him to
bring in an offensive co-ordinator and thats been the only glaring issue for him from many Alumni of Ohio State. To be truthfull, I thought he would
kind of change his style of calling plays from the days at YSU. But i haven't seen any change. Maybe some guys like Hubbard can give a better insight or some of you all who still live in the Youngstown area can clairfy this on a better scale than what I offered here. Just a thought.
 
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