Coach Tressel set to be enshrined in Ohio Stadium Ring of Honor
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COLUMBUS — The Ohio State University national championship-winning football coach Jim Tressel is set to be enshrined on the C-Deck Ring of Honor at Ohio Stadium Sept. 5.
The Buckeyes host Ball State in their season opener at 12:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on BTN.
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Tressel becomes the third coach to be honored at Ohio Stadium, joining Paul Brown (1941–43) and Woody Hayes (1951–78).
He also becomes the first person added to the Ring of Honor since 2014, when one of his quarterbacks and 2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith was placed on the C-Deck.
Tressel took over in 2001 and continued Ohio State’s legacy as a perennial national contender.
During his tenure, the Buckeyes won at least 10 games in six seasons and reached the BCS Title Game three times, winning the national championship in the 2002 season.
That signature year featured an undefeated 14–0 run, as Ohio State downed top-ranked Miami 31–24 in double overtime for the national title.
Ohio State also played in the BCS National Championship Game twice more during his tenure (2006, 2007).
Across his decade leading the Buckeyes, Ohio State made a bowl each season and played in eight BCS games.
Tressel’s Ohio State teams went 9–1 against Michigan, including a 2010 game that was later vacated by the NCAA.
In addition to Smith’s Heisman Trophy during Tressel’s tenure, he coached 67 NFL Draft picks, including 14 first-round selections, 57 first team All-Big Ten selections, 24 first team All-America selections, and eight Academic All-Americans.
After leading Ohio State to one of the most successful eras in program history, Tressel was President of Youngstown State University, and has served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio since 2025.
Through the Team Tressel Fitness Challenge, he continues to do what he has always done best — coach young people to become stronger mentally, physically, and emotionally so they can reach their full potential.