Dick Tressel

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.

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)

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

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Hamline Pipers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1978–2000)
1978Hamline5–4–13–4–16th
1979Hamline5–53–56th
1980Hamline5–45–3T–3rd
1981Hamline3–72–6T–6th
1982Hamline6–45–3T–4th
1983Hamline6–46–33rd
1984Hamline9–0–18–0–11st
1985Hamline4–64–5T–5th
1986Hamline4–64–5T–6th
1987Hamline6–45–4T–4th
1988Hamline9–18–1T–1st
1989Hamline6–45–4T–4th
1990Hamline7–36–3T–3rd
1991Hamline5–44–46th
1992Hamline6–45–4T–4th
1993Hamline7–36–3T–3rd
1994Hamline8–27–22nd
1995Hamline7–36–3T–3rd
1996Hamline5–54–5T–5th
1997Hamline5–54–57th
1998Hamline2–82–7T–7th
1999Hamline2–81–8T–8th
2000Hamline2–82–78th
Hamline:124–102–2105–94–2
Total:124–102–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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