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Jim Tressel Steps Down as Youngstown State President

Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel will no longer act as president of Youngstown State University starting early next year, the school announced Wednesday.

Tressel has been president of the university since 2014. He will officially be done with his duties on Feb. 1, 2023. Until then, he plans “to work seven days a week for the next seven months.”

The 69-year-old said it was time for him to retire and focus on spending time with his family now after working with colleges since 1975, a year after he graduated college.