The Coaches

Jim Tressel
In his 10th season at OSU he is 85-20, with a career record of 220-77-2 in 23 years of coaching.












Ron Zook
In his 5th season at Illinois he is 19-31. In his 8th season as a head coach at Illinois and Florida, he is 42-45. Zook was a defensive back assistant coach under Cooper from 1988-1990 at Ohio State. He is from Loudonville, Ohio. Zook was a defensive back at Miami (OH) and the team went 32-1-1 while he was there.