According to reports, Michigan State safeties coach Mike Tressel is headed to Cincinnati to become the school’s new defensive coordinator.
Sources: Cincinnati is expected to hire Mike Tressel as the school's next defensive coordinator. He's a longtime Michigan State assistant and the school's former DC under Mark Dantonio. Luke Fickell and Tressel were on staff at Ohio State together in the early 2000s.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 18, 2021
Tressel will be reunited with Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell, as the two were on staff together at Ohio State when Tressel was a graduate assistant under his uncle, Jim Tressel, in 2002 and 2003.