The Coaches

Jim Tressel
In his eighth season at OSU, he has a record of 74-16. In his 23rd year of his coaching career, including time at YSU, he is 209-73-2.

Frank Solich
In his fourth season at Ohio, he is 19-19. In his tenth season as a head coach he is 77-38. Prior to Ohio he was the coach at Nebraska, his alma mater. Solich was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in Cleveland. He was a very successful player in high school and college. He was an assistant under Tom Osborne for 19 years before taking the head coach position. Solich's teams started to struggle and he was fired in 2003. He took off a year from coaching and was hired in 2005 by Ohio.