Another reason to like Jim Tressel
The professor's study
"It used to be standard issue for top coaches to teach: The late Woody Hayes, who led the Buckeyes to three national championships in his 28-year reign, schooled students on everything from English to World War II history. And most schools in lower divisions still require their athletic coaches to teach if they're getting paid full-time.
But as the business of college sports has ballooned, teaching coaches at the upper echelon have become a dying breed. In basketball, Temple's Fran Dunphy, who lectures on management, and UC Davis's Gary Stewart, who teaches ethical issues in college athletics, are among the only remaining Division I teachers.
Mr. Tressel, who renewed his contract this year through 2014, says teaching doesn't distract him from his coaching responsibilities—when he took the helm at OSU in 2001, he even moved the class to the fall quarter from the spring, which he believed was the wrong season. He says he continues to teach because he enjoys it, and though 'football is a big deal around here, it's not all about football.'"
Guanciale points to a great WSJ profile of OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel .
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