Youngstown State announced this week that its president, Jim Tressel, would be stepping down in February. You remember Jim Tressel: He was the coach with the sweatervest who coached Ohio State to a national championship in 2002.
Tressel’s journey from head football coach to college president was not exactly traditional. Prior to his time at the helm in Columbus, Tressel, after the usual rounds of grad assistant and position coach, became head coach at Youngstown State, where he spent 15 seasons. From there he went to Ohio State (which we all remember well) before resigning following Tattoogate — a scandal we all probably look at with a different set of eyes after the events of the last year.