He is currently helping The University of Akron to select their new head football coach according to The Akron Beacon Journal. “Sometimes we as college coaches or we as parents could have served the situation better if we could have asked for help,” said Tressel, who is married and has four children.
He currently lives in the Youngstown, Ohio area. As co-chairs on the contribution campaign, Coach Tressel and wife Ellen made a sizeable donation toward the renovation of Ohio State's $109 million William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library. The Tressel family continued the tradition of supporting the campus where Jim coached. President Jim Tressel James P. Tressel became the ninth president of Youngstown State University in 2014 and has been busy moving the campus forward on many fronts ever since.
As co-chairs on the contribution campaign, Coach Tressel and wife Ellen made a sizeable donation toward the renovation of Ohio State's $109 million William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library. The 2009 team won its fifth straight conference title and earned a berth in the Rose Bowl against Oregon, winning the game 26–17. Tressel never forwarded the e-mails, nor the information contained in them about potential violations, to his school's compliance office or the NCAA. "Youngstown State." Tressel also promised continuing donations to the library through royalties from his book, "The Winners Manual. "Until his recent retirement, Tressel was one of only two active coaches with five or more national championships in any division (only During Tressel's first year, Ohio State had a 7–5 record. The fourth-floor outdoor Tressel Terrace honors them for their contribution. I'm just hoping the coach doesn't dismiss me.On July 9, 2011, Ohio State announced that it had vacated all 12 wins (and its share of the Conference championship) from the 2010 season due to major violations of NCAA rules in which ineligible players were allowed to play. In 2004, the team finished 8–4, closing out the season with a 33–7 victory against During 2005, the Buckeyes had a 10–2 record which featured an early season loss to eventual BCS National Champion Texas and another in Happy Valley versus Penn State, who finished the season ranked third in the BCS. The 2010 OSU football season finished with the team posting a 12–1 record. On … Tressel verified that the Justice Department matter involved the same players and issues as the April e-mails. Tressel coached the Buckeyes to two 19-game winning streaks, one in the 2002–2003 season and the other in 2005–2006. Under President Tressel’s leadership, enrollment increased for the first time in five years, the academic quality of freshmen classes has continued upward, student retention is up and the university has The players had a financial arrangement with Edward Rife, owner of a local tattoo parlor, who was at the time under investigation by the Tressel was first notified of the arrangement in April 2010 when he received several e-mails from Chris Cicero, a local attorney and former Ohio State walk-on football player. A week later Tressel exchanged text messages with Cicero, the attorney who had originally notified him of the activities back in April. With a combination of senior leadership with Coming off the national title season, the Buckeyes earned an 11–2 record in 2003, but the team lost to Michigan in the 100th meeting between the two teams 35–21. In Tressel's first season as coach, Youngstown State finished with a 2–9 record. The fourth-floor outdoor Tressel Terrace honors them for their contribution.
A site based on The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease, 7th edition, copyright 2013, focused on children's reading, children's literature, and the benefits of reading aloud to children of all ages; its goal is to create lifetime readers instead of just schooltime readers. They have four children: Zak, Carlee, Eric, and Whitney and currently live in Upper Arlington. However, as a result of NCAA violations from Tressel knowingly using ineligible players, the 2010 season was vacated, leaving the team's official record for the campaign as 0–1. In his second season, Youngstown State finished the season with an 8–4 record and won the Youngstown State won two more national championships in the following three years: against Marshall in 1993 (who had defeated them in 1992) and In 1998, Tressel's reputation was blemished when it emerged that Ray Isaac, quarterback on his first national championship team, admitted to accepting massive benefits from On July 9, 2007, Jim and Ellen Tressel, along with Frank and Norma Watson, donated $1 million to Youngstown State University for the building of an indoor athletics facility named the Watson and Tressel Training Site. Jim and Ellen Tressel pledged $5,000 to YSU's Dance Marathon, and then Tress donated some of his dance moves to the Internet. During his tenure as O… It later emerged that Tressel had never met with Isaac during the initial 1994 investigation. The Tressel family continued the tradition of supporting the campus where Jim coached. Although Tressel had held the position of Athletic Director at Youngstown State, Tressel's excuse was that he did not know whom to contact when he learned of the alleged violations. The Buckeyes played Texas in the Fiesta Bowl, coming back from an 11 point second half deficit to take the lead with just over 2 minutes to play, only to lose when Texas scored with 16 seconds remaining. The facility opened for use in the fall of 2011.Tressel coached the Buckeyes to two 19-game winning streaks, one which spanned the 2002 and 2003 seasons and the other which spanned the 2005 and 2006 seasons.