James Patrick Tressel (born December 5, 1952) is the head football coach at Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships (winning one in 2002), achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football since Penn went 15–0 in 1897.[1] He has an overall record of 83-18, including five Big Ten Conference championships, a 4–4 bowl record (3–3 in BCS bowl games) and a 7–1 record against arch-rival Michigan. Tressel's seven wins against Michigan place him second in school history to Woody Hayes' 16, and alone in Ohio State football history in winning seven of his first eight meetings with the Wolverines, as well as being the only Ohio State head coach to win 5 consecutive games against Michigan.