Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jim Tressel's new title at the University of Akron is vice president for strategic engagement.
University President Luis Proenza, in his introductory comments Thursday, referred to him as "Jim." A student leader welcomed him as "Mr. Tressel."
No one called him "Coach."
And with that, the most recognizable name in major college football in Ohio makes his transition from the playing field to the field of fundraising and education.
He will go from the highest of athletic profiles at Ohio State to cocktail parties, cold calls and classrooms as a rainmaker representing the UA campus, where he earned a master's degree in education and got his coaching start in the late 1970s, when the university consisted of maybe six buildings.
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