The Coaches

Jim Tressel
In his eighth season at OSU, he has a record of 73-16. In his 23rd year of his coaching career he is 208-73-2. Prior to OSU he coached and for a period was the athletic director at YSU. Along with his impressive winning record at YSU his teams qualified for the playoffs ten times and had four national championships.











Jon Heacock
In his eighth season at YSU, Heacock is 50-31. He become the head coach after Tressel left for OSU. He has the second best winning percentage with 61.7%, behind Tressel who was 70% at the school. Last year the team was 7-4 and his best season was 2006 when the team went 11-3 with a trip to the national semi-finals. Jon Heacock is a brother of OSU defensive coordinator Jim Heacock.