James Patrick Tressel (born December 5, 1952) is the current head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has won a National Championship, achieving the first 14-0 season record in major college football since Penn went 15-0 in 1897. He has an overall record of 73-16, including four Big Ten Conference championships, a 4-3 bowl record and a 6-1 record against arch-rival Michigan. Tressel's six wins against Michigan place him second in school history to Woody Hayes' 16, and alone in Ohio State football history in winning six of his first seven meetings with the Wolverines.