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September 2010, NCAA-Conferences
Jim Tressel's Unusual Side Job at OSU
Wall Street Journal reporter Hannah Karp writes about the even-keeled, bespectacled, sweater-vest-wearing head coach at Ohio State who twice a week lectures 49 bleary-eyed students on the art of coaching.
Mr. Tressel, who has won one national title and won or shared six Big Ten championships in 10 seasons at Ohio State, has often been criticized for boring football fans with his conservative "Tressel Ball" that avoids turnovers at all costs and relies on defense, and for his mind-numbing habit of evading tough questions with safe, bland and often clichéd answers.
But Mr. Tressel's performance in the classroom, a place where few top coaches dare to venture these days, is downright riveting, and there's a growing number of students on the waiting list to prove it. To read more, click here.