Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Monday that he is nominating former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel to serve as the state’s lieutenant governor. "Jim Tressel is Ohio values ...

Tressel, who has never held elected office, replaces Jon Husted, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate. The former coach has not ruled out a run for governor in 2026. Former Ohio State University ...

Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel speaks at his Friday swearing-in ceremony while Gov. Mike DeWine, right, and his wife, Fran, listen The former YSU president will serve in that post through the end of 2026.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel will become Ohio’s lieutenant governor in less than 24 hours. Statehouse reporter Natalie Fahmy went one-on-one with ...

Gov. Mike DeWine was pretty explicit Monday about the reasons for his surprise pick of former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel to fill the lieutenant governor vacancy through 2026.

Ohio governor Mike DeWine has nominated former Ohio State football coach and Youngstown State president Jim Tressel to be the state’s lieutenant governor. On Monday, DeWine announced Tressel as ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine stunned Ohio on Monday as he nominated former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel as his lieutenant governor. Tressel, a 72-year-old Medina resident ...

If Jim Tressel runs for governor of Ohio, it will come up. And he might run. Tressel, 72, the former Ohio State football coach whose 2002 Buckeyes won a national championship, whose teams were 9-1 ...

Former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel, who Gov. Mike DeWine tapped to be Ohio lieutenant governor Monday, also has connections to LifeWise, the Hilliard-based program that ...