The Coaches

Luke Fickell
Luke Fickell is 6-6 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.

 

Will Muschamp

Will Muschamp is 6-6 in his first season as the head coach at Florida. Muschamp was a four-year letterman at Georgia as a safety. He started his coaching career as a grad assistant at Auburn. He would coach a variety of defensive positions at West Georgia, Eastern Kentucky, Valdosta St., LSU, Miami (NFL), Auburn, and most recently as the defensive coordinator and coach-in-waiting at Texas.