The Coaches

Luke Fickell
Luke Fickell is 6-4 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.



Tom Bradley
Tom Bradley is 0-1 as a head coach, after taking over as interim head coach last week for the fired Joe Paterno. Bradley is a 1979 graduate of Penn State, where he lettered on the football team. He has been on the PSU staff since 1980 and he is in his 12th year as the defensive coordinator. On the Penn State staff he has also coached the defensive backs, outside linebackers, defensive ends, and special teams. Bradley has also assisted with recruiting during his 30+ years at Penn State.