Mike Tressel
Defensive Coordinator at Wisconsin since 2023.
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- Seasons coached
- 31
- First season
- 1996
- Teams
- 6
Career
13 stints
1990s
- 1996–1997South DakotaGraduate Assistant
- 1998–2000WartburgOffensive Line
2000s
- 2001WartburgOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2002–2003Ohio StateHead Coach
- 2004–2006CincinnatiSpecial Teams CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2007–2010Michigan StateSpecial Teams CoordinatorLinebackers
2010s
- 2011–2014Michigan StateLinebackers
- 2015–2017Michigan StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2018Michigan StateDefensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2019Michigan StateAssistant Head CoachDefensive Coordinator
2020s
- 2020Michigan StateLinebackers
- 2021–2022CincinnatiAssistant Coach
- 2023–presentWisconsinDefensive CoordinatorInside Linebackers
Coaching tree
6 mentors, 11 protégés, 5 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
19
- 2023–2026Luke FickellCoached under · Wisconsin
- 2022Kerry CoombsCoached under · Cincinnati
- 2021–2022Luke FickellCoached under · Cincinnati
- 2020Mel TuckerCoached under · Michigan State
- 2015–2016DeAngelo SmithCoached under · Michigan State
- 2007–2019Mark DantonioCoached under · Michigan State
- 2006Brian KellyCoached under · Cincinnati
- 2004–2006Mark DantonioCoached under · Cincinnati
- 2002–2003Bill ConleyMentored · Ohio State
- 2002–2003Bob TuckerMentored · Ohio State
- 2002–2003Dick TresselMentored · Ohio State
- 2002–2003Jim BollmanMentored · Ohio State
- 2002–2003Jim HeacockMentored · Ohio State
- 2002–2003Joe DanielsMentored · Ohio State
- 2002–2003Luke FickellMentored · Ohio State
4 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
34
- 2023Brad GlennSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Bryan BrownSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Cortney BraswellSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023De'Rail SimsSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Jim LeonhardSucceeded · Wisconsin
- 2023Nate FuquaSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Nick CardwellSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Pete ThomasSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Scott SatterfieldSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022Colin HitschlerSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022Darren PaigeSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022John Ross IIISucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022Kerry CoombsSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022Mike CummingsSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022Nate LettonSucceeded by · Cincinnati
19 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
31 seasons
- Michigan StateCoordinator · 2007–20199
- Michigan StatePosition coach · 2011–20205
- WisconsinCoordinator · 2023–2026 · current4
- CincinnatiCoordinator · 2004–20063
- WartburgPosition coach · 1998–20003
- CincinnatiPosition coach · 2021–20222
- Ohio StateHead coach · 2002–20032
- South DakotaAnalyst · 1996–19972
- WartburgCoordinator · 20011
Pipeline
2 of 3 coordinators
- 8 seasonsLuke Fickellunder at Ohio State 2002 · head coach at Ohio State2011
- 1 seasonMark Dantoniounder at Ohio State 2002 · head coach at Cincinnati2004
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Mike Tressel. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.