He knows Ohio,” DeWine said. “Jim Tressel, I trust his judgment. He is a born leader.” Getty Images. Ohio Republicans were exultant over DeWine’s choice of Tressel to be his second-in-command.

As a football head coach, Tressel posted a 229-79-2 record, winning four Division I-AA national championships at Youngstown State and the 2002 BCS national championship at Ohio State. He went 106 ...

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.