Dick Tressel

Dick Tressel
Biographical details
Bornc. 1948
Columbus Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1969Baldwin–Wallace
Baseball
c. 1969Baldwin–Wallace
Position(s)Defensive back (football)
Second baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1970Florida State (GA)
1971–1973Gibsonburg HS (OH)
1974–1977Wayne State (MI) (DC)
1978–2000Hamline
2001–2003Ohio State (associate DFO)
2004–2011Ohio State (RB)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1978–2000Hamline
Head coaching record
Overall124–102–2 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MIAC (1984, 1988)
Awards
MIAC Coach of the Year (1984)

Dick Tressel (born c. 1948)[1] is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1978 to 2000, compiling a record of 124–102–2. Tressel was also the athletic director at Hamline from 1979 to 2000. He then moved on to Ohio State University where he worked as an assistant football coach under his brother, Jim Tressel, from 2001 to 2010. Both brothers played college football for their father, Lee Tressel, at Baldwin Wallace University.

Tressel first head coaching position was at Gibsonburg High School in Gibsonburg, Ohio, where he coached future Ohio State All-American Ted Smith.

  1. ^ Anderson, Dave (September 23, 1978). "Johnnie depth worries Hamline coach". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. p. 9. Retrieved December 24, 2017 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.