An American college football coach and school administrator named Jim Tressel, who is currently the President of Youngstown State University, has a net worth of $18 million. He made most of his net worth during his time as the head football coach at Ohio State University from 2001 to 2011.
He also worked as a consultant for the Indianapolis Colts on game day.
Born on December 5, 1962 in Mentor, Ohio, he was influenced by his father Lee Tressel, who was a football coach at Mentor’s high school.
After Mentor’s 34-game winning streak, Jim’s father Lee was hired as head football coach by Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.
The hiring of Lee Tressel led to Baldwin-Wallace’s victory in the 1978 NCAA Division III National Championship.
Jim Tressel’s father was coaching him as a quarterback at Baldwin-Wallace.
Eloise Tressel, who was Jim’s mother, was employed as the athletic historian at Baldwin-Wallace.
After taking over from John Cooper in the 2001 season, Jim Tressel became the head coach of Ohio State, where he guided the team to victories in three BCS National Championship Games, a national title in 2002, and six Big Ten Conference Championship Championships.
During his 15-year tenure as the head football coach at Youngstown, he achieved success by winning four NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships.
Despite being hired as a consultant by the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL in September 2011, Tressel was suspended by the team until the 7th game of the season for his involvement in NCAA violations during his time at Ohio State.
Tressel has been recognized with multiple accolades, such as being inducted into Baldwin-Wallace College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975, awarded the 2002 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, and named the Columbus Dispatch Ohio College Football Coach of the Year in 2010.