The Coaches

Luke Fickell
Luke Fickell is 0-0 in his first year as a head coach. Luke Fickell has been an assistant coach for 13 years. He was a graduate assistant at OSU under John Cooper in 1999. He was a defensive line coach at Akron from 2000-2001. Early in Jim Tressel's tenure at OSU, he hired Fickell as the special teams coordinator. He eventually coached the linebackers and was a co-defensive coordinator. Going into this season he was the assistant head coach, and was promoted in May to head coach, after Jim Tressel retired. Prior to coaching, Fickell was a four year starter for OSU, from 1992-1996. During his career, OSU was 41-8-1, won two Big Ten Championships and won the 1997 Rose Bowl. He started a school record 50 consecutive games. After graduation he spent one year on the injured reserve team for the New Orleans Saints.




Rob Ianello
He is 1-11 in his second season. This is his first head coach position. Prior to Akron he worked on the coaching staff at Alabama, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Notre Dame. At Notre Dame he was the wide receivers coach, recruit coordinator, and eventually the assistant head coach for offense under Charlie Weis. At Notre Dame he had a reputation as one of the best recruiters in the country.