Lee Tressel
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Lee Tressel (February 12, 1925 – April 16, 1981) was a football coach and athletic director at Baldwin–Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Tressel accumulated the most winning record as the head football coach at Baldwin–Wallace. His 1978 team won the NCAA Division III Football Championship, achieved National Coach of that year, and in 1996 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1925-02-12)February 12, 1925 Ada, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | April 16, 1981(1981-04-16) (aged 56) Berea, Ohio, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1943–1944 | Baldwin–Wallace |
1946–1947 | Baldwin–Wallace |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1950–1955 | Mentor HS (OH) |
1956–1957 | Massillon Washington HS (OH) |
1958–1980 | Baldwin–Wallace |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 155–52–6 (college) 70–20 (high school) |
Tournaments | 3–2 (D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NCAA Division III (1978) 4 OAC (1968, 1977–1978, 1980) | |
Awards | |
AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1978) 5× OAC Coach of the Year (1968, 1974, 1977–1978, 1980) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1996 (profile) | |
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