It has been confirmed that long time Ohio State assistant Luke Fickell has been named the new head coach at the University of Cincinnati. He will replace Tommy Tuberville who was the Bearcats head coach for the past four years.
Coach Fickell has served in some coaching capacity at Ohio State since the 2002 season when he was hired as the special teams coach by Jim Tressel. He then was named linebacker coach in 2004 and became co-defensive coordinator the following season.
Coach Fickell has been a major part of two National Championship seasons in 2002 and 2014.