Dick Tressel (born. c. 1948) is a former

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coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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, from 1978 to 2000, compiling a record of 124–102–2. Tressel was also the

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at Hamline from 1979 to 2000. He then moved on to

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where he worked as an assistant football coach under his brother,

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, from 2001 to 2010. Both brothers played

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for their father,

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, at

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. Tressel first head coaching position was at

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, where he coached future Ohio State All-American Ted Smith.

Head coaching record

References

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