The Coaches

Jim Tressel
In his eighth season at OSU, he has a record of 75-16. In his 23rd year of his coaching career, including time at YSU, he is 210-73-2. He has guided OSU to one national championship.


Pete Carroll
In his eighth season at USC, he has a record of 77-14. This is his first head coaching position in college. He has guided the team to two national championships (split with LSU in 2003) and a 5-1 bowl record. He played safety at Pacific University. He has been an assistant at Pacific, Arkansas (under Lou Holtz), Iowa State, Ohio State, and North Carolina State. Earl Bruce brought Caroll with him to OSU when he took over for the fired Woody Hayes. Carroll was the secondary coach at OSU in 1979, and that team lost to USC in the 1980 Rose Bowl. Carroll spent fifteen years in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots, and the Seattle Seahawks.