Dick Tressel

Dick Tressel
Biographical details
Born	c. 1948; Columbus Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1969	Baldwin–Wallace
Baseball
c. 1969	Baldwin–Wallace
Position(s)	Defensive back (football); Second baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1970	Florida State (GA)
1971–1973	Gibsonburg HS (OH)
1974–1977	Wayne State (MI) (DC)
1978–2000	Hamline
2001–2003	Ohio State (associate DFO)
2004–2011	Ohio State (RB)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1978–2000	Hamline
Head coaching record
Overall	124–102–2 (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.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Hamline Pipers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1978–2000)
1978	Hamline	5–4–1	3–4–1	6th
1979	Hamline	5–5	3–5	6th
1980	Hamline	5–4	5–3	T–3rd
1981	Hamline	3–7	2–6	T–6th
1982	Hamline	6–4	5–3	T–4th
1983	Hamline	6–4	6–3	3rd
1984	Hamline	9–0–1	8–0–1	1st
1985	Hamline	4–6	4–5	T–5th
1986	Hamline	4–6	4–5	T–6th
1987	Hamline	6–4	5–4	T–4th
1988	Hamline	9–1	8–1	T–1st
1989	Hamline	6–4	5–4	T–4th
1990	Hamline	7–3	6–3	T–3rd
1991	Hamline	5–4	4–4	6th
1992	Hamline	6–4	5–4	T–4th
1993	Hamline	7–3	6–3	T–3rd
1994	Hamline	8–2	7–2	2nd
1995	Hamline	7–3	6–3	T–3rd
1996	Hamline	5–5	4–5	T–5th
1997	Hamline	5–5	4–5	7th
1998	Hamline	2–8	2–7	T–7th
1999	Hamline	2–8	1–8	T–8th
2000	Hamline	2–8	2–7	8th
Hamline:		124–102–2	105–94–2
Total:		124–102–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ 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 .