(WKBN) — For the first time since Monday’s announcement that Jim Tressel was nominated for Ohio Lieutenant Governor, First News had the chance to speak with the former coach and YSU President.

Jim Tressel was in the news earlier this week when Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced he’d selected the former Ohio State football coach as the state’s new lieutenant governor. Tressel would ...

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel had been made aware that some of his players were selling items in violation of NCAA rules. His firing ...

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Monday that he is nominating former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel to serve as the state’s lieutenant governor. "Jim Tressel is Ohio values ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Jim Tressel was approved by the Ohio State Senate and House of Representatives to be the new Lt. Gov. Wednesday afternoon. Tressel was approved with a 31-1 vote in the ...

They don’t call it the Buckeye State for nothing. Former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel was nominated Monday to serve as the state’s lieutenant governor following the ...

Former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel, who Gov. Mike DeWine tapped to be Ohio lieutenant governor Monday, also has connections to LifeWise, the Hilliard-based program that ...

From the start, Tressel promised strict accountability for wrongdoers. "The only excuse for missing a class is a death in the family -- your own," he said in his role as the new sheriff in town on ...

Ohio governor Mike DeWine has nominated former Ohio State football coach and Youngstown State president Jim Tressel to be the state’s lieutenant governor. On Monday, DeWine announced Tressel as ...

Jim Tressel has been a football coach and an advocate for education for years, which is how he first met Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Their relationship dates to when Tressel was president of Youngstown ...

Jim Tressel, who was picked by Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday to replace now U.S. Sen. Jon Husted as Ohio’s lieutenant governor, was once a national championship-winning football coach at Ohio State.

Mike DeWine’s term, said Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel as he visited Wright State University’s campus this week. Tressel is a former Youngstown State University president and retired Ohio State ...