The Coaches

Luke Fickell
Luke Fickell is 2-0 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.




Al Golden
In his first year at Miami, Al Golden is 0-1. He is 27-35 in his sixth year as a head coach. Prior to coaching at Miami, Golden was the head coach at Temple from 2006-2010, and is credited for turning around the program. Golden was a tight end at Penn State in the late 80's and early 90's. He played for one year with the New England Patriots. He first entered college coaching as a grad assistant at Virginia. He was later an assistant coach at Boston College, Penn State, and Virginia.